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1 picayune
1. n амер.1) іст. дрібна монета2) розм. нікчемність; дурниця2. adj амер.1) дрібний; мізерний2) підлий, мерзенний* * *I n; сл.1) icт. дрібна монета2) нікчема; дрібниця, дурницяII a; сл.дрібний, мізерний; ниций, підлий, мерзенний
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picayune — 1. adjective /ˌpɪkəˈjuːn/lang=en a) Petty, trivial; of little consequence; small and of little importance; picayunish; It might seem like a picayune matter, akin to the rivalry in the film Monty Pythons Life of Brian between the Judean Peoples… … Wiktionary
The Times-Picayune — The September 2, 2005 front page of The Times Picayune Type Daily newspaper Format Broadsheet Owner Advance Publications … Wikipedia
Unimportance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unimportance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unimportance unimportance insignificance nothingness immateriality GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 triviality triviality levity frivolity Sgm: N 2 paltriness paltriness … English dictionary for students
petty — petty, puny, trivial, trifling, paltry, measly, picayunish, picayune mean little and insignificant, often contemptibly so. Something is petty which by comparison with other things the same in kind but different in size, importance, gravity, or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
unimportance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Insignificance Nouns 1. unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality, inconsequentiality, inconsequence; triviality, levity, frivolity, froth; paltriness, uselessness; disempowerment; matter… … English dictionary for students
insignificant — adj 1. unimportant, of minor importance, of little or no import, negligible, nugatory, inconsiderable, inconsequential, of no consequence; inapplicable, irrelevant, immaterial, unessential; unportentous, unmomentous, of no matter or concern, of… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
meaningless — adj 1. purposeless, hollow, empty, vain, useless; inane, pointless, worthless; senseless, without rhyme or reason, unreasonable, irrational, nonsensical, preposterous; foolish, fatuous, silly, asinine, absurd, farcical, stupid; inexpressive,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
piddling — adj trifling, peddling, fribbling, niggling; paltry, petty, small, slight, puny, picayune; minor, meager, flimsy; lightweight, shallow, frothy, frivolous, superficial; of no consequence, unimportant, insignificant, insubstantial; silly, inane,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
trivial — adj insignificant, unimportant, of minor importance, of little or no import, negligible, nugatory, inappreciable, inconsiderable, inconsequential, of no consequence; small, light, flimsy, slim; minor, puny, dinky, piddling, Inf. rinky dink; small … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
unimportant — adj insignificant, inconsequential, inconsiderable, of no consequence, of little or minor importance; unmomentous, of no matter or concern, of little or no account, of no great weight, of no moment; nonessential, trifling, immaterial, picayune,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
trivial — Synonyms and related words: Mickey, NG, airy, ankle deep, asinine, base, bickering, captious, casual, catchpenny, caviling, cheap, choplogic, cursory, deficient, depthless, empty, epidermal, equivocatory, evasive, fatuous, few, flimsy, foolish,… … Moby Thesaurus