PICAYUNISH Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

picayunish

adjective

Definition of picayunish

as in unimportant

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Adjective

That said, this does not mean the Detect, Respond and Recover pillars of the NIST CSF are unimportant.

— Andrew Ginter, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Wright agrees that the findings shouldn’t be interpreted to mean that omega-3s are unimportant for the brain.

— Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 14 July 2026

Definition of unimportant

Adjective

The debut show from the pact, about the disappearance of Spanish petty criminal El Nani, remains in development, Corral confirmed.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026
Before the arrival of the Sisters of Mary Morning Star, the death row inmates had been plagued by petty infighting.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of petty

Adjective

The losers will be SpaceX’s current shareholders that give up almost half their company for puny profits and big promises.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
To achieve a similar impact, Johnson appears to be wearing a muscular silicone suit over his 6-foot-5 frame, but the extra padding just makes his head look puny.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of puny

Adjective

To non-historians, the difference of a few years might seem rather trivial.

— Mike McRae October 15, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026
But in Season 4, the balance is off, and the fictional president’s parallels to our real-life war-starting, ally-betraying POTUS only make the former’s plight feel that much more trivial.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of trivial

Adjective

The two events share a history — one that illustrates just how the plate program has become picayune, politicized and potentially hazardous to public safety.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
By itself, this habit might seem picayune.

— Jeet Heer, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2025

Definition of picayune

Adjective

If interest expense exceeds nominal GDP growth, a debt spiral could occur.

— Justin Zacks, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Municipal compost operations tend only to accept leaves generated by that town and may also provide small quantities of finished compost to residents for free or at a nominal charge, according to DEEP.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of nominal

Adjective

Then, the pandemic reduced the schedule to 60 games and Eddie got a piddling 37%.

— Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
Millions of additional claims are expected to stream in from around the country over the coming weeks, while hiring remains piddling.

— Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2020

Definition of piddling

Adjective

So much so that it’s been amply speculated his negligible production was about shortcomings.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
Sumitomo Electric Industries supplied the multi-core fiber, creating an ultra-low-loss fiber with negligible crosstalk.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of negligible

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