Mickey Mouse
adjective
ˈmi-kē-ˈmau̇s 
1
: too easy, small, ineffective, or unimportant to be taken seriously
Mickey Mouse courses
a Mickey Mouse operation
2
: being or performing insipid or corny popular music
3
: annoyingly petty
Mickey Mouse regulations
Synonyms
- fiddling
- foolish
- frivolous
- incidental
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- insignificant
- little
- minor
- minute
- negligible
- nugatory
- slight
- small
- small-fry
- trifling
- trivial
- unimportant
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
The company is just a Mickey Mouse operation. a woman who at town meetings insists on airing every little Mickey Mouse concern she has
Word History
Etymology
Mickey Mouse, cartoon character created by Walt Disney
First Known Use
1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Mickey Mouse
adjective
1
as in small
lacking importance a woman who at town meetings insists on airing every little Mickey Mouse concern she has Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- small
- minor
- little
- slight
- incidental
- trivial
- fiddling
- worthless
- petty
- trifling
- foolish
- frivolous
- neither here nor there
- small-fry
- negligible
- unimportant
- inconsequential
- insignificant
- minute
- nugatory
- inconsiderable
- obscure
- anonymous
- jerkwater
- nameless
- unknown
- one-horse
- small-time
- nickel-and-dime
- paltry
- uncelebrated
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- important
- major
- substantial
- meaningful
- big
- significant
- material
- principal
- dominant
- unfrivolous
- chief
- weighty
- eventful
- consequential
- fatal
- outstanding
- momentous
- decisive
- overriding
- worthy
- exceptional
- distinctive
- prominent
- impressive
- valuable
- fateful
- remarkable
- overbearing
- great
- worthwhile
- eminent
- distinguished
- famous
- basic
- illustrious
- overmastering
- fundamental
- prestigious
- essential
- renowned
- key
- notorious
- preeminent
- all-important
2
as in nominal
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention as far as his schoolmarm of a boss is concerned, no rule is so Mickey Mouse that it can be ignored Synonyms & Similar Words
- nominal
- slight
- petty
- pimping
- tiny
- chicken
- peanut
- piddling
- trivial
- trifling
- negligible
- de minimis
- niggling
- minute
- measly
- insignificant
- inconsequential
- piddly
- picayune
- footling
- inconsiderable
- paltry
- piffling
- little
- no-account
- inferior
- imperceptible
- puny
- hairsplitting
- nitpicking
- pettifogging
- mean
- quibbling
- small-fry
- inappreciable
- two-bit
- one-horse
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- important
- material
- big
- substantial
- serious
- significant
- considerable
- outstanding
- prominent
- weighty
- consequential
- striking
- pivotal
- remarkable
- noteworthy
- conspicuous
- momentous
- eventful
- measurable
- discernible
- appreciable
- discernable