fiddling (s)
footling (s)
lilliputian (s)
little (s)
niggling (s)
piddling (s)
piffling (s)
petty (s)
picayune (s)
trivial (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def (informal) small and of little importance
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
Outgoing links
Similar to unimportant
Domain of synset - USAGE colloquialism
Derivationally related form trivial → trivialize
Derivationally related form trivial → trivia; trivial → triviality
Derivationally related form petty → pettiness
Derivationally related form little → littleness
Incoming links
Similar to unimportant
Derivationally related form trivia → trivial; triviality → trivial
Derivationally related form littleness → little
Derivationally related form pettiness → petty
Member of this domain - USAGE colloquialism
Derivationally related form trivialize → trivial

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