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单词 picayune
释义
Picayune
adj satadj.all(informal) small and of little importance
Domain Usage:colloquialism
Synset:fiddling footling lilliputian little niggling petty piddling piffling trivial
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
  • a dispute over niggling details
  • limited to petty enterprises
  • piffling efforts
  • giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
Antonyms:important
Derivationally Related Form:triviapettinesstrivializelittlenesstriviality
Inherited Hypernyms:fiddling
Similar to:unimportant
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