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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 |
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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 |
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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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