picayunish

adjective

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  1. picayune
  2. unimportant
  3. piddling
  4. petty
  5. puny
  6. trivial
  7. nominal
  8. negligible
Adjective
  • At this point you may be exhausted by the exploration of picayune facts.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2012
  • But only a fool would harp on picayune flaws when this rich material is being served with such musical polish and sensitivity.
    Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
Definition of picayune
Adjective
  • This might be tactical language, or propaganda, or unimportant.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Detractors often consider the beauty industry and those who build their careers in it, as unimportant in the grand scheme things.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of unimportant
Adjective
  • Then, the pandemic reduced the schedule to 60 games and Eddie got a piddling 37%.
    Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Millions of additional claims are expected to stream in from around the country over the coming weeks, while hiring remains piddling.
    Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2020
Definition of piddling
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
  • That opportunity presents itself in puny Dmitri, whose kidnapping proves a perfect lure.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Its victories and complications remain modest developments, puny by typical TV standards and monumental on the scale of everyday life (a divorce, a storm, a tough conversation, a death).
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of puny
Adjective
  • Coined as far back as 1854 by Henry David Thoreau in Walden, the idea of mental deterioration from trivial distractions has never been more relevant.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In Africa, businesses like Abubakar’s keep countless tons of toxic trash out of landfills, reduce the need for mining, and create thousands of jobs—hardly a trivial consideration in a nation where nearly two-thirds of people live in poverty.
    Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of trivial
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
  • To Georgia, the cost of guarantee games is negligible: its coach, Kirby Smart, has a salary bigger than UMass’s entire budget.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Of that sum, traditional album sales contribute 1,000, streaming activity comprises 66,000 units, while the remaining negligible number of units stem from track-equivalent album units.
    Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of negligible
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