picayune

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The next-largest categories, and we think the most concerning, encompass election administration and absentee voting – often challenging mechanical, even picayune matters.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2022

The NFL’s picayune rule book is difficult enough to enforce without an inherently arbitrary judgment on what happens after a play.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2021

It is cluttered with the unruly archives of Mama Tina, Glasgow’s mother and co-missionary, and it can seem picayune.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2018

It may sound picayune but, in big organizations, such things matter.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2017

I made the mistake of saying we were back to the picayune grind.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson