Mickey Mouse

adjective

ˈmi-kē-ˈmau̇s How to pronounce Mickey Mouse (audio)
Definition of Mickey Mousenext
1
as in small
lacking importance a woman who at town meetings insists on airing every little Mickey Mouse concern she has

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2
as in nominal
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention as far as his schoolmarm of a boss is concerned, no rule is so Mickey Mouse that it can be ignored

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Mickey Mouse
  1. small
  2. nominal
  3. minor
  4. slight
  5. little
  6. petty
  7. tiny
Adjective
  • Then handle the smaller responsibilities competing for your attention.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Its compact permanent magnet motor enables a smaller pod diameter, reducing hydrodynamic drag while maintaining high propulsion performance.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of small
Adjective
  • For a nominal sum, the paper each day serves up authoritative accounts of sports events that occurred as much as a day earlier, give or take.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The calculation refers to nominal total returns, combining coupon income and changes in the bond's market price.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of nominal
Adjective
  • Ayari returned to Fabian Hurzeler’s midfield alongside Pascal Gross in Saturday’s 1-1 home draw against Leeds United, having missed the 4-3 defeat at Chelsea with a minor injury.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • All co-defendants are accused of failing to protect a minor and negligence.
    — Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of minor
Adjective
  • The slight worry is that Zheng will run out of gas at some point after coming through the qualifying tournament and winning six matches in New York.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • For all their advantages, quantum technologies are extremely sensitive, and these devices can be thrown out of gear by the slightest changes in temperature or environmental noise.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of slight
Adjective
  • That’s right — after three straight Friday-night deadlines, Gameweek Four gets under way at 3pm on Saturday, handing you that little bit of extra time to agonise over the right moves for the next round of action.
    — Ben Dinnery, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Jongmin Lee, a quantum sensing scientist at SNL, has been working to build an extremely small version of this device, one that consumes very little power and can be used in the field.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of little
Adjective
  • Mehring’s characters include petty criminals, unscrupulous lawyers, Galician Jews, Freikorps heavies, local and international businessmen, Prussian generals, and the everyday citizens inhabiting the streets of Berlin’s old and rather dingy center.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Some fans and analysts pointed out that the news release looked petty.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of petty
Adjective
  • Atoms under a chip The QGI is rather tiny and relies on microwave and magnetic pulses.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The singer-songwriter, who is currently on tour, mainly resides at a rural compound just outside of Framlingham, the tiny historic town where he was raised.
    — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of tiny
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