a mere cipher

Definition

Definition of a mere cipher - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

insignificant personperson with no importance or influence

In the meeting, he was treated as a mere cipher.

insignificant

nobody

nonentity

puppetperson used by others for their purposes

She felt like a mere cipher in their plans.

figurehead

puppet

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Expressions with mere

a mere nobody

person considered insignificant or unimportant

He felt like a mere nobody at the party.

it's a mere formality

exp.

action required but not important

Just show your ID at reception; it's a mere formality.

mere child's play

activity requiring little effort

For him, fixing the car was mere child's play.

mere mortal

ordinary person without special skills or status

To a mere mortal, the magician's tricks seemed impossible.

mere figurehead

leader with no real power or influence

The president was a mere figurehead in the new government.

mere pittance

very small or inadequate amount of money

He was paid a mere pittance for his hard work.

Expressions with cipher

block cipher

cipher encrypting data in fixed-size blocks

AES is a widely used block cipher.

in cipher

adj.

written using a secret code or symbols

The letter was in cipher and hard to read.

Caesar cipher

simple encryption shifting letters by fixed positions

The message was encoded using a Caesar cipher.

cipher key

secret value used with a cipher to change and protect message data

Without the correct cipher key, the intercepted data remained completely unreadable.

cipher strength

measure of a cipher's security against attacks

The cipher strength determines how safe the data is.

grille cipher

encryption method using a grid to encode messages

The spy used a grille cipher to send secret messages.

stream cipher

symmetric-key method mixing a pseudorandom keystream with incoming plaintext continuously

This protocol uses a stream cipher to protect voice calls in real time.

Examples of a mere cipher in a sentence

Despite his efforts, he remained a mere cipher in the group.
He was nothing more than a mere cipher in the organization.
In the political game, she was treated as a mere cipher.

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French:simple pion, simple marionnette, ...
German:unbedeutende Person, Marionette, ...
Italian:nullità, semplice burattino, ...
Spanish:mero cero a la izquierda, un simple peón, ...
Portuguese:mero fantoche, mero instrumento, ...
Chinese:无足轻重的人, 棋子, ...
Japanese:取るに足らない存在, ただの駒, ...
Arabic:شَخْص تافِه, دُمْيَة, ...
Hebrew:אָדָם חֲסַר חֲשִׁיבוּת, בּוּבָּה עַל חוּט, ...
Russian:незначительная фигура, марионетка, ...
Ukrainian:простий нуль, маріонетка, ...
Hindi:नगण्य व्यक्ति, कठपुतली, ...
Bengali:তুচ্ছ ব্যক্তি, হাতের পুতুল, ...
Catalan:zero a l'esquerra, titella, ...
Czech:nula, loutka, ...
Danish:nul, marionet, ...
Dutch:onbeduidend persoon, loutere pion, ...
Greek:ασήμαντο άτομο, μαριονέτα, ...
Hungarian:senki, bábfigura, ...
Khmer:មនុស្សឥតឥទ្ធិពល, មនុស្សដែលគេប្រើបញ្ជាតាមគោលបំណងរបស់ខ្លួន, ...
Korean:하찮은 존재, 단순한 꼭두각시, ...
Persian:آدم بی‌اهمیت, مهره, ...
Polish:zwykły pionek, zwykła marionetka, ...
Portuguese (BR):um mero fantoche, mero fantoche, ...
Romanian:nimeni, simplă marionetă, ...
Swedish:nolla, en enkel bricka, ...
Thai:คนไร้ความสำคัญ, หุ่นเชิด, ...
Turkish:önemsiz biri, sadece bir piyon, ...
Vietnamese:người vô danh, con rối, ...

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