Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drop in the sea

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English

Syllables: drop in the sea
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance.

Example Sentences

"And while the Democrat-passed infrastructure bill will provide some $65 billion for upgrades to our sagging and squirrel-ravaged grid is a good start, it’s just a drop in the sea of public works efforts necessary to contend with not just our existing power transmission issues, but with the increased need for electrical capacity […]"

Inflected Forms

a drop in the sea (canonical) drops in the sea (plural)

Synonyms

drop in the bucket drop in the ocean spit in the ocean bagatelle bag of shells bric-a-brac dicky dicky-bird fico fig flamfew flyspeck

Questions

What does drop in the sea mean?: A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance.

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