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What does slight mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word slight? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Small in amount, gentle, or weak,; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe.
  2. Not stout or heavy; slender.
  3. (regional) Even, smooth or level; still (of the sea).
  4. (obsolete) Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
  5. (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality (as, goods).
Verb
  1. (transitive) To treat as slight or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
  2. (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
  3. (transitive) To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.
  4. (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  5. (transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
  6. (transitive) To make even or level.
  7. (transitive) To throw heedlessly.
Noun
  1. The act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
  2. (obsolete) Sleight.
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