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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Below another in standing or importance: inferior, junior, lesser, low, lower2, minor, minor-league, secondary, small, subaltern, subordinate, under. Informal : smalltime. See OVER. 2. Not broad or elevated in scope or understanding: limited, little, narrow, narrow-minded, small, small-minded. See LIMITED, WIDE. 3. Contemptibly unimportant: inconsiderable, negligible, niggling, nugatory, paltry, picayune, piddling, small, small-minded, trifling. Slang : measly. Idioms: of no account. See IMPORTANT. 4. Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, close-fisted, costive, hard-fisted, mean2, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted. See GIVE.
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