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[ adjective ] (informal terms) small and of little importance

Examples

"a fiddling sum of money" "a footling gesture" "our worries are lilliputian" "a little (or small) matter" "Mickey Mouse regulations" "niggling details" petty enterprises" "piffling efforts"

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unimportant

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[ adjective ] inferior in rank or status

Examples

"the junior faculty" "a lowly corporal" "petty officialdom" "a subordinate functionary"

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junior

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[ adjective ] inferior in rank or status

Examples

"the junior faculty" "a lowly corporal" "petty officialdom" "a subordinate functionary"

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junior

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[ adjective ] (informal terms) small and of little importance

Examples

"a fiddling sum of money" "a footling gesture" "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war" "a little (or small) matter" "Mickey Mouse regulations" "a dispute over ni

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colloquialism unimportant

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 814
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[ adjective ] contemptibly narrow in outlook

Examples

"petty little comments" "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

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narrow-minded

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