pettifogging

captious carping fussy hairsplitting hard to please hypercritical nagging niggling nit-picking overcritical quibbling

base casual cheap contemptible frivolous inconsequent inessential inferior irrelevant junior lesser light little lower measly minor narrow-minded negligible nickel-and-dime niggling nugatory of no account paltry peanut penny-ante picayune piddling scratch secondary shabby shallow shoestring slight small small-minded subordinate trifling two-bit unimportant

frivolous lesser minor narrow-minded

base inessential inferior junior light little lower peanut scratch secondary shallow shoestring slight small subordinate trifling

casual cheap contemptible inconsequent inconsiderable irrelevant measly negligible nickel-and-dime niggling paltry penny-ante picayune piddling shabby small-minded two-bit unimportant

greater major

big enormous first-class first-rate great huge immense important large significant superior

consequential necessary prominent useful

niggling trifling

derisory little measly paltry peanut petty picayune puny trivial unimportant useless worthless

important major significant