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Definition of "hairsbreadth" [hairsbreadth]

  • A small space, distance, or margin: won by a hairsbreadth. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hairsbreadth" in a sentence
  • "Galapagos penguin is within a 'hairsbreadth' of extinction, according to a new study"
  • "Implementing Sharia is impossible yet somehow is a hairsbreadth away from becoming a new constitutional amendment."
  • "But I can think of any number of great authors who have come within a hairsbreadth of convincing me they could."