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

Examples of Mickey Mouse in a Sentence

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