- picayune
- adj1. • trivial, trifling, paltry, beggarly, petty, niggling; small, minor, puny, dinky, piddling, Inf. rinky-dink; small-time, one-horse, bush, Sl. two-bit, Inf. penny-ante, lightweight, Sl. small-potatoes, small fry, Sl. mickey-mouse; insignificant, unimportant, of little or no import, negligible, nugatory, inconsiderable, inconsequential, insubstantial, unsubstantial; inane, silly, foolish, pointless, Inf. dumb, idiotic; of minor importance, nothing great, no great shakes, Inf. no big deal, nothing to write home about, Inf. nothing to get excited or worked up about, of no account.2. mean, inferior, scarce, scanty, scant, sparse, exiguous; poor, inadequate, insufficient, not enough, too little; bare, slight, skimpy, scrimpy, poky, pathetic, Inf. measly, Inf. chintzy, low, ordinary, average, mediocre, undistinguished, nominal, minute, negligible; short, shy, meanly small, mere, very little, slender, narrow.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.