Definitions for minimal

minimal min·i·mal

Spelling: [min-uh-muh l]
IPA: /ˈmɪn ə məl/

Minimal is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in minimal (aiilmmn).

Definitions for minimal

adjective

  1. constituting a minimum:
  2. barely adequate or the least possible:

Origin of minimal

First recorded in 1660-70; minim(um) + -al1

Examples for minimal

It is a case where the "minimal dose" is wholly inoperative.

Nevertheless, after minimal bed rest, he was sent back out—and then on to a subsequent deployment.

The sport of surfing is a very sexy sport, beautiful people on beautiful beaches in minimal clothing.

It was rather what Jones4 has called a “successful minimal adaptation.”

The military maintains that the risk of contracting the virus is minimal.

In short, the critics argued, the chances that this machine could ever be useful were minimal.

It can be done peacefully, by consent or with the use of minimal force.

But it is unfounded fear by an American public at minimal risk of contracting the illness that is confounding those efforts.

The average value of this minimal current in autumn is 1.4 microampres.

The grading system at all levels utilized numbers from a high of ten to a low of one, five being the minimal passing grade.

Word Value for minimal
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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