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bagatelle |
something small or insignificant. [1/3 definitions] |
blah |
used to indicate insignificant, predictable, boring, or irritating things being said (often spoken in repetition). [1/4 definitions] |
chitchat |
casual or insignificant conversation. [1/3 definitions] |
dinky |
(informal) very small; insignificant. |
featherweight |
lightweight or insignificant. [1/4 definitions] |
flyspeck |
a tiny spot or mark, or something similarly trivial or insignificant. [1/3 definitions] |
fractional |
relatively small or insignificant. [1/2 definitions] |
hill of beans |
(informal) something insignificant or barely worth consideration (used in negative constructions). |
inconsiderable |
too small or valueless to be worthy of attention; insignificant. |
jerkwater |
(informal) unsophisticated, backward, or insignificant. |
least |
most unimportant or insignificant. [1/5 definitions] |
little |
a very small or insignificant amount or proportion (Compare with "a little"). [1/9 definitions] |
negligible |
so small or unimportant as to be of no account; trifling or insignificant. |
nonentity |
someone or something that is insignificant, dull, undistinguished, or unimportant, esp. a person. [1/3 definitions] |
null |
not having any value or consequence; insignificant. [1/4 definitions] |
one-horse |
(informal) small and provincial; unimportant; insignificant. [1/2 definitions] |
pimping |
insignificant or trivial. |
pipsqueak |
(informal) a person considered to be contemptibly small or insignificant. |
poky |
small, insignificant, or shabby. [1/2 definitions] |
puny |
exceptionally small, weak, or insignificant. |
scrub2 |
an undersized, inferior, or insignificant person or thing. [2/6 definitions] |
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