Mickey Mouse

adjective

ˈmi-kē-ˈmau̇s How to pronounce Mickey Mouse (audio)
Definition of Mickey Mousenext
1
as in small
lacking importance a woman who at town meetings insists on airing every little Mickey Mouse concern she has

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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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Mickey Mouse
  1. small
  2. nominal
  3. minor
  4. slight
  5. little
  6. petty
  7. tiny
Adjective
  • Many were small, but if the thunderstorm coincided with Santa Ana winds, the gusts could blow embers into the canyons, spreading the conflagration rapidly.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Its economy is smaller than Vermont’s, and its military consists of three hundred volunteers.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of small
Adjective
  • The result of the shift could be a real deal of the century: an abatement of the multipronged conflicts raging in the Middle East, a political horizon and reconstruction for the Palestinians and the Lebanese, and some nominal concessions from Tehran on its nuclear program and regional malfeasance.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Assad retained nominal control of much of the country with Russian, Iranian and Hezbollah assistance.
    Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of nominal
Adjective
  • Leaving behind only enough for his sons to pay for his arrangements, whittled down to only a few minor possessions and a spirit broken by shouldering a piece of the contemporary American reality.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Driver treated for minor injuries In an email to USA TODAY Monday, the Redlands Police Department said the fire department responded to the crash and treated the driver for minor injuries on scene.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of minor
Adjective
  • Although the slippers looked nearly identical, a consultant for the Smithsonian analyzed slight differences in the pairs and determined that the ones that were sold on Saturday were in many of the most famous scenes of the movie.
    Hank Sanders, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2024
  • As a result, Goose will always have a slight limp because his leg is now a bit shorter.
    Joy Jackson , Eula Calahan, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of slight
Adjective
  • At the same time, leaders have little confidence in their performance management systems, according to Gallup.
    Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
  • But there is little doubt about their offense, which rarely loses the ball and averages 43.3 points per game, second-best in the country.
    Andrew Greif, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of little
Adjective
  • My understanding has always been that the relic trade is loosely tolerated by the powers that be (many of whom have some pretty choice relics of their own), because one of the sneakiest ways authoritarian societies thrive is by letting their subjects get away with petty rebellions.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • As our profile lays out, the record reveals Billy Wagner as a blustery, bigger-than-life figure who engaged in petty crime and coached his family to do the same.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of petty
Adjective
  • The rock, ringed with black and marked by distinctive white veins and dozens of tiny bright spots, was discovered as Perseverance explored a quarter-mile-wide valley called Neretva Vallis.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • In flash climbing, the first attempt is also the last and even a tiny mistake can prove costly.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of tiny
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