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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Contemptibly unimportant: inconsiderable, negligible, niggling, nugatory, petty, picayune, piddling, small, small-minded, trifling. Slang : measly. Idioms: of no account. See IMPORTANT. 2. Of decidedly inferior quality: base2, cheap, lousy, miserable, poor, rotten, shoddy, sleazy, trashy. Informal : cheesy. Slang : crummy, schlocky. See GOOD.
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