small potato
noun
: one that is of trivial importance or worth
—usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction
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For lunch, order the chicken katsu, with a comically large cutlet nestled inside a comically small potato bread bun.
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Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The kit includes two large potato bodies, a small potato body, and 42 accessories, that allow kids to create their own idea of what a family looks like, rather than having to play within the confines of an pre-determined narrative of what a family looks like.
—Sonia Thompson, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
Preserved in a piece of amber about the size of a small potato, a tiny snake hatchling — less than two inches long — is unprecedented in the fossil record.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2018
Little palms will have more control over a small potato that can be easily gripped.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 12 June 2020
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Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The kit includes two large potato bodies, a small potato body, and 42 accessories, that allow kids to create their own idea of what a family looks like, rather than having to play within the confines of an pre-determined narrative of what a family looks like.
—Sonia Thompson, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
Preserved in a piece of amber about the size of a small potato, a tiny snake hatchling — less than two inches long — is unprecedented in the fossil record.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2018
Little palms will have more control over a small potato that can be easily gripped.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 12 June 2020
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“Small potato.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small%20potato. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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