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Picayune Moderate

Picayune has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

A small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a Spanish coin with a value of half a real; a fippenny bit.

Adjective
1

(informal) small and of little importance

"a fiddling sum of money"

"a footling gesture"

"our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"

"a little (or small) matter"

"a dispute over niggling details"

"limited to petty enterprises"

"piffling efforts"

"giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

2

Of little consequence; small and of little importance; petty, trivial.

Example Sentences
"a fiddling sum of money" adjective
"a footling gesture" adjective
"our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war" adjective
"a little (or small) matter" adjective
"a dispute over niggling details" adjective
"limited to petty enterprises" adjective
"piffling efforts" adjective
"giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" adjective
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Rhyming Words
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