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picayuneadjective not broad or open in views or opinionsthe picayune ponderings of a commentator who steadfastly believes other cultures are inferior to our own illiberal, insular, Lilliputian, little, narrow, narrow-minded, parochial, petty, provincial, sectarian, small, small-minded inflexible, ironbound, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, set, stubborn, unyielding, wrongheadedbigoted, intolerantbiased, discriminating, discriminatory, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudicedbrass bound, hidebound, old-fashioned, reactionary, stodgy, straitlaced(or straightlaced), stuffydogmatic(also dogmatical), opinionated, opinionativelimitedhick, unsophisticated broad-minded, catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal, open, open-minded, receptive, tolerant impartial, nonpartisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudicedfreethinking so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attentionirritatingly picayune complaints chicken, de minimis, footling, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, measly, Mickey Mouse, minute, negligible, niggling, no-account, nominal, paltry, peanut, petty, piddling, piddly, piffling, pimping, slight, trifling, trivial inferior, meanimperceptible, inappreciablelittle, puny, tinyhairsplitting, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibblingone-horse, small-fry, two-bit big, consequential, considerable, important, material, significant serious, substantial, weightyeventful, momentous, pivotalconspicuous, noteworthy, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, strikingappreciable, discernible(also discernable), measurable something of little importanceour lives don't amount to a picayune in the great scheme of things bagatelle, child's play, frippery, nonproblem, nothing, shuck(s), small beer, small change, trifle, triviality naught(also nought), nothingness, smoke, zeropeanuts, pittance, song, straw, two bitsbunk, claptrap, drivel, folly, fribble, fudge, hogwash, humbug, humbuggery, nonsense, piffle, rot, trash, triviabit, crumb, dab, dram, lick, mite, ounce, particle, pinhead, scintilla, shred, smidgen(also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), soupçon, speck, spot, tad, touch, trace in 1804 |