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  • 81negligible — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. slight, insignificant. See littleness, unimportance. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. minute, minimal, insignificant, inconsequential, trifling, nominal, piddling, paltry, imperceptible, unimportant …

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  • 82pitiful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) , adj. compassionate (See pity);deplorable, disreputable, pitiable, wretched; lamentable, piteous, paltry. See badness, contempt, disrepute. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Affecting] Syn. pathetic, pitiable …

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  • 83poor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. indigent (see poverty); inferior, faulty, unsatisfactory, imperfect, defective; humble; weak, flimsy. See insufficiency, imperfection, disease.Ant., rich, wealthy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking …

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  • 84trashy — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. cheap, ugly, paltry, vulgar; see useless 1 , worthless 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. worthless, junky, *crappy, no good, cheap, useless, *crummy, *cruddy, *tinhorn, *two bit, *schlocky. ANT.: worthy, meritorious …

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  • 85unimportant — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. trifling, inconsiderable, slight, worthless, inconsequential, insignificant, unnecessary, immaterial, negligible, indifferent, unnecessary, beside the point, frivolous, useless, second rate, low ranking, of no account,… …

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  • 86measly — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. Sl. paltry, skimpy, meager, scanty, poor, puny, trifling. ANT.: large, substantial, generous II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Slang. Conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent: exiguous, meager …

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  • 87miserly — mi|ser|ly [ˈmaızəli US zər ] adj 1.) a miserly amount or quantity is one that is much too small = ↑measly, paltry ↑paltry ▪ We were offered a miserly 4% pay rise. 2.) a miserly person is not generous and does not like spending money = ↑mean… …

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  • 88poor — I. a. 1. Indigent, needy, necessitous, pinched, straitened. 2. Penniless, moneyless, impecunious, destitute, distressed, poverty stricken, seedy, reduced, short of money, out of money, without a penny, out of pocket, out of cash, out at the… …

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  • 89slight — I. a. 1. Small, little, trifling, inconsiderable, trivial, petty, paltry, insignificant, unimportant. 2. Weak, feeble, gentle. 3. Cursory, hasty, hurried, desultory, superficial, scanty, careless, negligent. 4. Perishable, flimsy. 5. Contemptible …

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  • 90small — small, little, diminutive, petite, wee, tiny, teeny, weeny, minute, microscopic, miniature can all mean conspicuously below the average in magnitude, especially physical magnitude. Small (opposed to large) and little (opposed to big, great) are… …

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