Synonyms for picayune
ˌpɪk iˈyun, ˌpɪk ə-picayune

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1. picayuneadjective

   Synonyms:
   petty, trivial

2. picayuneadjective

   Petty, trivial; of little consequence; small and of little importance; picayunish;

   Synonyms:
   trivial, petty

3. picayuneadjective

   something not worth arguing about.

   Synonyms:
   trivial, petty

4. picayuneadjective

   an argument, fact, corner case, or other issue raised (often intentionally) that distracts from a larger issue at hand or does not change a primary supposition, outcome, postulate, premise, conclusion, hypothesis, judgment or recommendation;

   Synonyms:
   petty, trivial

5. picayuneadjective

   small-minded: being childishly spiteful, tending to go on about unimportant things.

   Synonyms:
   trivial, petty

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1. fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivialadjective

   (informal) small and of little importance

   "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

   Synonyms:
   subaltern, junior-grade, piddling, superficial, trivial, diminutive, tiny, footling, petite, lowly, petty(a), lilliputian, slight, bantam, lower-ranking, small-minded, fiddling, petty, minuscule, short, midget, little(a), flyspeck, secondary, small, little, piffling, niggling

   Antonyms:
   important, of import

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