"Here, we see numbers that are virtually stagnant and minuscule," Ms. Wellington said.
Ironically, although corporate social responsibility costs are minuscule compared to virtually any other line item in a company's budget, spending in this area is scrutinised closely.
One appetizer, tuna tartare, was delicious — sushi-fresh raw tuna, served in a rounded timbal-shaped form — but the ponzu sauce with avocado was so minuscule it was virtually invisible except for a few avocado slivers.
Although the minuscule difference is virtually unnoticeable in everyday common experience, when we in fact notice it, we cannot decide if we are experiencing the past or the present, if we are experiencing the present or the future.
The Communist Party newspaper Granma published details of Cuba's new regulations on self-employment, clearing a thicket of restrictions that had virtually choked off the country's minuscule private sector.
Trade between the two nations is minuscule -- only about $105 million last year, and rising about 5percentt annually -- and since North Korea has virtually nothing to sell, its exports consist mostly of labor.
Unfortunately, this jack is shoved to one side of a Zen Stone-sized docking wedge in a manner that leaves virtually no room for any non-minuscule player.
The fact that my cat can't appreciate Schubert's late symphonies and can't perform syllogistic logic does not mean that I am entitled to use him as an organic toy, as if I were somehow not only morally superior to him but virtually entitled to treat him as a commodity with minuscule market value.
All have minuscule budgets, little power or influence in the UN system and virtually no operational capacity on the ground.
Westerly and Watch Hill, R.I., were virtually obliterated, the streets of downtown Providence were under thirteen feet of water, and two or three of the minuscule but populated Thimble Islands, just off Branford, Connecticut, had disappeared.
The returns were minuscule.
