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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | petty |
| Synonyms: | 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, pettifogging, picayune, piddling, scratch, secondary, shabby, shallow, shoestring, slight, small, small-minded, subordinate, trifling, two-bit, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not difficult |
| Synonyms: | accessible, apparent, basic, child's play, cinch, clear, easily done, effortless, elementary, evident, facile, inconsiderable, light, little, manageable, manifest, mere, no bother, no problem, no sweat, no trouble, not burdensome, nothing to it, obvious, painless, paltry, picnic, piece of cake, plain, plain sailing, pushover, royal, simple, simple as ABC, slight, smooth, snap, straightforward, uncomplicated, undemanding, uninvolved, untroublesome, wieldy, yielding |
| Antonyms: | arduous, complex, complicated, demanding, difficult, hard, intricate, involved, laborious, uneasy |
| Main Entry: | few |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hardly any |
| Synonyms: | exiguous, few and far between, imperceptible, inconsequential, inconsiderable, infrequent, insufficient, lean, less, meager, middling, minor, minority, minute, negligible, not many, not too many, occasional, paltry, petty, piddling, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scarcely any, scattered, scattering, seldom, semioccasional, short, skimpy, slender, slight, slim, some, sparse, sporadic, stingy, straggling, thin, trifling, uncommon, unfrequent, widely spaced |
| Antonyms: | many, much |
| Main Entry: | immaterial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irrelevant |
| Synonyms: | extraneous, foreign, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inconsiderate, inessential, insignificant, irrelative, matter of indifference, meaningless, no big deal, no never mind, of no account, of no consequence, of no importance, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unnecessary |
| Antonyms: | essential, important, material, meaningful, relevant, substantial |
| Main Entry: | imperceptible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard to sense; faint |
| Synonyms: | ephemeral, evanescent, fine, gradual, impalpable, imponderable, inappreciable, inaudible, inconsiderable, inconspicuous, indiscernible, indistinct, indistinguishable, infinitesimal, insensible, insignificant, invisible, microscopic, minute, momentary, shadowy, slight, small, subtle, tiny, trivial, undetectable, unnoticeable, vague |
| Antonyms: | apparent, conspicuous, distinct, evident, noticeable, obvious, perceptible, seeable, striking, unobscured |
| Main Entry: | inadequate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defective, insufficient, incompetent |
| Synonyms: | bare, barren, bush-league, deficient, depleted, dry, failing, faulty, feeble, found wanting, glitch*, imperfect, impotent, inappreciable, inapt, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, inconsiderable, insubstantial, junk*, lacking, lame*, lemon, lousy, low, meager, minus, miserly, niggardly, not enough, parsimonious, poor, scanty, scarce, short, shy*, sketchy*, skimpy, small, spare, sparse, sterile, stinted, stunted, thin*, too little, unequal, unproductive, unqualified, weak |
| Antonyms: | able, adequate, competent, enough, sufficient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | infinitesimal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small |
| Synonyms: | atomic, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, microscopic, miniature, minuscule, minute, negligible, teeny, tiny, unnoticeable |
| Antonyms: | big, huge, large, significant, substantial |
| Main Entry: | insignificant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not important; of no consequence |
| Synonyms: | casual, immaterial, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, irrelevant, lesser, light, lightweight, little, meager, meaningless, minim, minimal, minor, minuscule, minute, negligible, nondescript, nonessential, not worth mentioning, nugatory, paltry, petty, pointless, purportless, scanty, secondary, senseless, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial |
| Antonyms: | consequential, important, significant, substantial, valuable |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small in amount, content |
| Synonyms: | casual, digestible, faint, fractional, fragmentary, frivolous, frugal, gentle, hardly any, hardly enough, inadequate, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indistinct, insignificant, insufficient, mild, minor, minuscule, minute, moderate, modest, not many, not much, not rich, puny, restricted, scanty, shoestring, slight, soft, sparse, superficial, thin, tiny, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial, weak, wee |
| Antonyms: | heavy |
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