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View usage for: (tɪnpɒt) also tin-pot adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]You can use tinpot to describe a leader, country, or government that you consider to be unimportant and inferior to most others. [mainly British, disapproval] ...a tinpot dictator. Synonyms: second-rate, second-class, paltry, miserable More Synonyms of tinpot tinpot in British English (ˈtɪnˌpɒt) adjective (prenominal) British informal1. inferior, cheap, or worthless Examples of 'tinpot' in a sentencetinpot Definition worthless or unimportant (British, informal) The island is ruled by a tinpot dictator. Synonyms miserable Mickey Mouse (slang) two-bit (US, Canadian, slang) toytown (slang) poxy (slang) chickenshit (US, slang) pants (slang) twopenny-halfpenny Additional synonymsDefinition of poor quality These recordings are of inferior quality. Synonyms substandard, bad, poor, mean, worse, poorer, pants (informal), flawed, rotten (informal), dire, indifferent, duff (British, informal), mediocre, second-class, deficient, imperfect, second-rate, shoddy, low-grade, unsound, downmarket, low-rent (informal), for the birds (informal), wretched, two-bit (slang), crappy (slang), no great shakes (informal), poxy (slang), dime-a-dozen (informal), piss-poor (slang), chickenshit (US, slang), bush-league (Australian, New Zealand, informal), not much cop (British, slang), tinhorn (US, slang), half-pie (New Zealand, informal), of a sort or of sorts, strictly for the birds (informal), end-of-the-pier (British, informal), bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang) Definition too small in quantity or value The average bathroom measures a measly 3.5 metres. Synonyms meagre, miserable, pathetic, paltry, mean, poor, petty, beggarly, pitiful, skimpy, puny, stingy, contemptible, scanty, miserly, niggardly, ungenerous, mingy (British, informal), snoep (South Africa, informal) Definition insignificant She had no interest in such paltry concerns. Synonyms insignificant, trivial, worthless, unimportant, small, low, base, minor, slight, petty, trifling, Mickey Mouse (slang), piddling (informal), toytown (slang), poxy (slang), nickel-and-dime (US, slang), picayune (US), chickenshit (US, slang), twopenny-halfpenny (British, informal) - tinker
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Additional synonymsDefinition distressingly inadequate That's the most pathetic excuse I've ever heard. Synonyms inadequate, useless, feeble, poor, sorry, wet (British, informal), pants (informal), miserable, petty, worthless, meagre, pitiful, woeful, deplorable, lamentable, trashy, measly (informal), crummy (slang), crappy (slang), rubbishy, poxy (slang), wanky (taboo, slang), chickenshit (US, slang) Definition shoddy or inferior Too many airlines treat our children as second-class citizens. Synonyms inferior, lesser, second-best, unimportant, second-rate, low-class Definition trivial or insignificant It was an unimportant job, and paid very little. Synonyms insignificant, minor, petty, trivial, slight, irrelevant, worthless, trifling, paltry, immaterial, inconsequential, low-ranking, of no consequence, nickel-and-dime (US, slang), of no account, nugatory, not worth mentioning, of no moment Definition without value or usefulness This piece of old junk is totally worthless. Synonyms valueless, poor, miserable, trivial, trifling, paltry, trashy, measly (informal), wretched, two a penny (informal), rubbishy, poxy (slang), nickel-and-dime (US, slang), wanky (vulgar, slang), a dime a dozen, nugatory, chickenshit (US, slang), negligibleDefinition of poor quality What a wretched excuse! Synonyms worthless, poor, sorry, miserable, pathetic, inferior, paltry, deplorable |