Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse

adj \ˈmi-kē-ˈmau̇s\

Definition of MICKEY MOUSE

1

: too easy, small, ineffective, or unimportant to be taken seriously <Mickey Mouse courses> <a Mickey Mouse operation>

2

: being or performing insipid or corny popular music

3

: annoyingly petty <Mickey Mouse regulations>

Examples of MICKEY MOUSE

1. The company is just a Mickey Mouse operation.
2. <a woman who at town meetings insists on airing every little Mickey Mouse concern she has>

Origin of MICKEY MOUSE

Mickey Mouse, cartoon character created by Walt Disney

First Known Use: 1930

Related to MICKEY MOUSE

Synonyms: fiddling, foolish, frivolous, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, unimportant, minor, minute, negligible, nugatory, slight, small, small-fry, trifling, trivial

Antonyms: big, consequential, eventful, important, major, material, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, unfrivolous, weighty

Related Words: jerkwater, one-horse; nickel-and-dime, paltry, petty, small-time, worthless; anonymous, nameless, obscure, uncelebrated, unknown

Near Antonyms: decisive, fatal, fateful; chief, dominant, overbearing, overmastering, overriding, principal; distinctive, exceptional, impressive, outstanding, prominent, remarkable; valuable, worthwhile, worthy; distinguished, eminent, great, illustrious, preeminent, prestigious; famous, notorious, renowned; all-important, basic, essential, fundamental, key

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Rhymes with MICKEY MOUSE

barrelhouse, bawdy house, boardinghouse, body louse, cat and mouse, clearinghouse, coffeehouse, countinghouse, country house, customhouse, halfway house, house-to-house, jumping mouse, kilogauss, Lévi-Strauss, manor house, meetinghouse, milligauss, motherhouse, on the house, open house, opera house, overblouse, packinghouse, pilothouse, pocket mouse, porterhouse, powerhouse, shotgun house, slaughterhouse, sporting house, station house, sucking louse, sugarhouse, summerhouse, tiring-house, tower house, treasure-house, Westinghouse