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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drop in the ocean

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables
drop in the o-cean
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance, especially an inconsequential effort or action as compared to a huge problem.

Inflected Forms

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

Synonyms

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

Questions

What does drop in the ocean mean?
A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance, especially an inconsequential effort or action as compared to a huge problem.

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