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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > small or trifling in amount or degree (23)
eathlyc890

Inconsiderable, slight, trifling. Often in antithesis to eche (= eternal): Of short duration.

littleOE

Chiefly attributive. Of immaterial things. Small in amount or number; (also) small in value, not worth much (cf. sense A. 6a).

slender1530

Slight, small, insignificant, trifling.

foolish1533

Insignificant, trifling; humble, meagre. Obsolete.

triflinga1538

Of little moment or value; paltry, trumpery; insignificant, petty.

paltry1565

Of a thing: petty, trivial, insignificant; worthless, rubbishy; contemptible. Of an amount: very small or meagre.

puny?1594

Inferior in size, quality, or amount; insignificant; weak; diminutive, tiny.

mean1599

Of a thing, an animal, etc. Petty, insignificant, unimportant; inconsiderable. Now rare.

minikin1617

Trifling, petty. Now rare.

unconsiderable1643

= inconsiderable, adj.

inconsiderable1648

Hence, Of very small value, amount, or size.

punctilio1660

Trifling, petty. Obsolete.

sneaking1703

Mean in appearance or amount; petty, paltry, contemptibly poor or small. Obsolete.

insignificant1748

Small in size; petty; mean.

flimsy1756

In immaterial sense: Destitute of solid value, slight, trivial, paltry.

peppercornish1762

of very small value; (also) = peppercorny adj.

peppercorn1791

Of the size or value of a peppercorn; very small, insignificant, trifling.

microscopic1798

More generally: very small, minor, or insignificant.

pindling1861

U.S. regional (chiefly New England and south Midland). Sickly, delicate; puny. Also occasionally: trifling, insignificant.

midget1879

figurative. Underdeveloped; weak, inferior, or insignificant in extent, character, quality, etc.; puny.

diddly1893

Insignificant, trifling.

scroddyc1909

Mean, paltry. (In contemptuous use of amount or condition.) (Apparently restricted to D. H. Lawrence.)

chickenshit1934

Trivial, insignificant.

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