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Adjective
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The survey said this does not mean technical skills are unimportant, but that employers value the capacity to learn, adapt and collaborate at least as much as any specific technical competency.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026 -
There’s no unimportant royal gossip, apparently.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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When a conversation ends without a real answer, when a situation is explained away rather than actually explained, the discomfort is not neurotic or petty.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Mary disrupts Clark’s equilibrium with the Backrooms by refusing to validate his excuses for his behavior, fully calling out his failings, his petty assholery, and his glib, solipsistic lies.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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On paper, Baltimore’s geographic and institutional advantages make Austin look puny.—
Julian Baron,
Baltimore Sun,
28 May 2026
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Tesla’s generating puny and declining returns on the plants, inventories and other assets now on its books.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That breadth of integration is not trivial.—
David Chou,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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This is not such a trivial thing.—
Time,
Time,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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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
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By itself, this habit might seem picayune.—
Jeet Heer,
Washington Post,
18 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Israeli forces seized a 12th-century Crusader castle in southern Lebanon, as Israel intensifies its farthest incursion into the country in 26 years, despite a nominal ceasefire.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
31 May 2026
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Achraf Hakimi, despite his nominal position, rarely plays on the right or at the back, and instead is often high and central as an extra midfielder and to provide the right-winger with underlapping runs.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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Then, the pandemic reduced the schedule to 60 games and Eddie got a piddling 37%.—
Star Tribune,
Star Tribune,
3 Dec. 2020
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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
Adjective
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Hemp is a variety of cannabis with a negligible level of the psychoactive compound THC.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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For most applications, those imperfections are negligible.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
27 May 2026
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“Picayunish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picayunish. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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