picayune - Meaning in Marathi

picayune - Meaning in Marathi

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Definitions and Meaning of picayune in English

picayune adjective

1. (informal) small and of little importanceadj.all

   Synonyms

   trivial

   Examples

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

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