"slim minority" is a grammatically correct phrase that can be used in written English.
It describes a small group of people who hold a particular view or characteristic. Example: Despite the popularity of the candidate, there was still a slim minority who disagreed with his policies and refused to vote for him.
Verizon said that only a slim minority — 14 percent — of all data breaches were the work of insiders.
There are a few outlier climate scientists who disagree, like Judith Curry, who incorrectly claimed "Jeb gets it exactly right," but these contrarians are a slim minority.
SPOILER ALERT: London to host 2012 Olympics — NBC Delayed (@NBCDelayed) August 2, 2012 But according to Twitter and NBC, the jokes and critiques made up only a slim minority — under 0.5 percent — of all Twitter messages about the Olympics.
Thankfully, a slim minority of California producers never succumbed to the overly fruity fashion, and now the stylistic pendulum is retreating to the point where it's becoming easier to find red wines possessing a broader range of flavors.
Thursday's snap general election, which Theresa May, the Conservative Prime Minister, had called to bolster her party's slim minority in the House of Commons, had turned into something of a calamity for her party and a humiliation for her personally.
This nasty and nonsensical rape-revenge thriller is a feature-length exercise in wrongness, unless you're part of that slim minority who've always wanted to see Anderson urinating or Dyer masturbating.
(Mr. Slim owns a minority stake in The New York Times Company).
At the same time, key balance of power senator Nick Xenophon, said his party was not interested in causing "maximum mayhem" in the parliament, whether the Coalition held a slim majority or formed a minority government.
The role of the pairing whip remained a crucial one as the government's slim majority turned to a minority through defeats at by-elections, and Dormand was credited with a central role in helping the government stay in office, telling Wilson that he was too "bloody knackered at the end of the day" to record the events surrounding the late-night votes.
(Mr. Slim also owns a minority stake in The New York Times Company).
No matter which party gains control of the House, the speaker will have a difficult job: The winning side will probably have only a slim majority and face a reservoir of ill will from the minority party.
