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Bagatelle 1100 Words You Need Week 45 Day 3

Bagatelle 1100 Words You Need Week 45 Day 3

Bagatelle 1100 Words You Need Week 45 Day 3

/ˌbæg.əˈtel/ (noun)

a small and unimportant amount of something esp money, pittance, trifle, trifling sum, nothing, drop in the bucket, minor detail, thing of no importance, drop in the ocean, something negligible and trifling, infinitesimal, nominal sum – a game in which small balls are hit into small holes on a board – short piece of music

Newly recruited doctors in no mood to work for a ‘pittance’ or just a mere bagatelle
A number of newly recruited doctors today remained on strike and staged a protest at the Civil Hospital demanding increase in their salaries during their probation period.

Source: https://www.tribuneindia.com/

Antonyms: fortune, abundance

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