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Significantly unimportant and deserving of little to no attention

Too small or unimportant to be worth consideration

Deserving hatred and contempt

Low in quality or below expectations

Contemptuous of what is right, decent or honorable

Requiring or involving very little or no effort

Of poor or inferior quality

Cheap and gaudy

Simple and plain and costing little

Displaying severe degradation and neglect

Lacking in enthusiasm or energy

Emphasizing insignificance

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Adjective

Significantly unimportant and deserving of little to no attention

inconsequential

nickel-and-dime

twopenny-halfpenny

unconsequential

of little account

of no consequence

not worth mentioning

in short supply

of little importance

not worth bothering about

of no importance

of little consequence

thin on the ground

few and far between

hard to come by

counterproductive

too little too late

of no great concern

undistinguished

not to be had for love nor money

not worth speaking of

good-for-nothing

neither here nor there

beside the point

thinly distributed

no great shakes

seldom met with

of minor importance

hardly worth mentioning

barely sufficient

coming up short

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

of no earthly use

in the minority

out of the ordinary

indistinguishable

barely perceptible

underprivileged

without success

in vicious circle

lacking substance

smallest amount of

one-dimensional

lower in status

scarcer than hen's teeth

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

easily digested

run-of-the-mill

not worth a hill of beans

nothing to write home about

nothing special

common or garden

middle-of-the-road

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“The loss of such a paltry amount on its own wouldn't have much impact on the oil market, experts say.”

Adjective

Too small or unimportant to be worth consideration

inconsequential

twopenny-halfpenny

nickel-and-dime

of little account

of little consequence

not worth mentioning

of little importance

of no consequence

of no importance

not worth bothering about

not worth speaking of

neither here nor there

of no significance

of minor importance

of little import

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“He was our coachman, and my father once had him arrested, on account of some paltry offence, for twenty-four hours.”

Adjective

Deserving hatred and contempt

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

unsportsmanlike

against the rules

beyond the pale

beyond contempt

of bad reputation

in the doghouse

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Adjective

Low in quality or below expectations

dissatisfactory

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

less-than-stellar

bargain-basement

no great shakes

not good enough

leaving a lot to be desired

not quite the done thing

of poor quality

not up to standard

beyond the pale

a load of pants

under the weather

ill-favoured^UK

not the done thing

not quite the thing

disadvantageous

strictly for the birds

not cut out for

leaving much to be desired

hard to swallow

hard to believe

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Adjective

Contemptuous of what is right, decent or honorable

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

unsportsmanlike

beyond contempt

a load of pants

ill-humoured^UK

beyond the pale

beneath contempt

Mephistophelian

good-for-nothing

under-the-table

against the law

highly improper

too horrible for words

indescribably bad

beyond description

indescribably wicked

indescribably evil

disadvantageous

unfavourable^UK

gone to the dogs

double-crossing

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Adjective

Requiring or involving very little or no effort

straightforward

a piece of cake

as easy as falling off a log

a piece of piss

a piece of old tackle

money for old rope

no muss no fuss

a five-finger exercise

easily operated

easy to understand

meat-and-potatoes

without a hitch

unsophisticated

straight sailing

a walk in the park

easily accomplished

able to speak or write

easily understood

middle-of-the-road

meat and potatoes

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Adjective

Of poor or inferior quality

good-for-nothing

bargain-basement

dissatisfactory

a load of pants

not up to snuff

leaving much to be desired

run-of-the-mill

run-of-the-mine

undistinguished

no great shakes

fair to middling

not up to scratch

not good enough

twopenny-halfpenny

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Adjective

Cheap and gaudy

twopenny-halfpenny

cheap and nasty

bargain-basement

not up to snuff

of little value

of little worth

nickel-and-dime

of poor quality

of little financial value

a load of pants

of no financial value

of negligible value

would fetch nothing

down-at-the-heels

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Adjective

Simple and plain and costing little

energy-efficient

Adjective

Displaying severe degradation and neglect

unprepossessing

down-at-the-heels

gone to rack and ruin

poverty-stricken

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Adjective

Lacking in enthusiasm or energy

undemonstrative

devoid of emotion

devoid of feeling

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

lacking in vitality

undistinguished

run of the mill

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Determiner

Emphasizing insignificance

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