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mere fraction

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meanings of mereand fraction


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mere
adjective[before noun]
uk /mɪər/ us /mɪr/
used to emphasize that something is not large ...
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fraction
noun[C]
uk /ˈfræk.ʃən/ us /ˈfræk.ʃən/
a number that results from dividing one whole number ...
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Examples of mere fraction


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Those actually convicted probably represented a merefraction of the true number.
These collections represent a merefraction, however, of the essay-length work that circulates in the field.
A merefraction of the audience held up their hands.
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For instance, by 1790, only 665 such maps had been produced, a merefraction of the total, itself a fragment of the country.
Most of the human population is totally detached from the living animals, and the few direct exploiters are involved in a merefraction of the whole process.
That is a merefraction of the cost of the course.
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It is a merefraction of the amount they are spending on research into nuclear energy.
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The present cost of air defence is a merefraction of the total defence budget.
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It is a merefraction of the annual outlay upon goods.
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But it is a merefraction of what could and should be done.
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Of course, the trawling industry is a merefraction of the whole.
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The deposit rate has fallen to a merefraction, and the deposits are almost unusable.
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The note supply is a merefraction of the total money supply in the country.
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In some cases it has sunk to be a merefraction of the former figure.
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Inflation at that time was a merefraction of what it has been in the past two years.
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However, only £1.8 billion, a merefraction of the sum that is collected, is spent on roads.
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Admittedly the cash flow is slightly halted—but only by a merefraction; it has not been ruthlessly cut out.
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A merefraction of the cost of a cruiser would avail to preserve, repair and fortify that shield.
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Last year 500 cases were reported, but the cases reported are a merefraction of those which occur.
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A merefraction of some of that projected expenditure would make a radio-programme manager's mouth absolutely water.
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But when we come to the year 1908 that sum is reduced to £475, a merefraction of the earlier amount.
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First, will he confirm that the extra amount is a merefraction of the amount taken away in the past six years?
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Actually the farmer is getting a price which is a merefraction of the price he would get if there was a free market.
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The number of people who are refused because of inability to pay is a merefraction of the overall number refused.
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Adult education currently receives a merefraction of the advice and information that is passed out to the other sectors of education from the centre.
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