The phrase "a mere experiment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is considered to be insignificant or trivial in nature, often in the context of testing or trying something out.
Example: "The results of the study were inconclusive, as it was only a mere experiment to test the hypothesis."
Alternatives: "just a trial" or "simply a test".
Surprisingly, considering its popularity, Chubby Hubby began as a mere "experiment". In early 2005, while working for Singapore's National Arts Council, Koh was planning a writer's festival.
In the grand scheme of the millions of shoppers who visit the mall annually otherwise, that's may not seem too much – but this was initially a mere experiment by the company.
Mr President, the San José dialogue process was a model of integrated policy for the European Union: to undervalue it therefore and reduce it the level of a mere experiment in development cooperation would be a mistake on our part and a mistake for the countries of the Central American isthmus.
Still, for Elsa, Dren is no mere experiment: she's a test-tube baby, one that comes with the emotional and psychological weight of an in-utero conception.
Nor was the imitation game, for Turing, a mere thought experiment.
At Nature, a neuroscientist wants $1 billion to make brains in a vat more than a mere thought experiment.
Now it is true that the essence of Hesperus cannot be discovered by a mere thought experiment.
And far from being a mere curiosity, such an experiment might let laboratory physicists study the properties of real black holes in space.
Cutting these days by two-thirds means a mere 300 or so experiments per year under the best-case scenario and in reality probably even less than this.
We heard of some interesting ones — Lonestar, Liberia's biggest provider, is rolling out a 150MB data plan for students priced at a mere $12/month, and has experimented with services that include mobile radio.
Rather, we see the results therein as a mere consequence of how the experiments were set-up and any genuine biological meaning of anti-addiction remains to verified – that is – at its present experimental stage, it's simply too speculative as to incorporate into the already very long list of possible functions for TA loci.
