lilliputian, adj.
(informal) small and of little importance
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fiddling footling lilliputian little niggling petty picayune piddling piffling trivial
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"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"
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very small
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
bantam diminutive flyspeck lilliputian midget petite tiny
sample sentences
"diminutive in stature""a lilliputian chest of drawers"
"her petite figure"
"tiny feet"
"the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
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