insignificante
insignificant ; petty ; trivial ; two-bit ; menial ; trifling ; of no consequence ; a bit of a fluff ; fluff ; light hearted [light-hearted/lighhearted] ; paltry ; measly ; piddling.
Most commercial abstracting services rely upon the refereeing procedure applied to the original document in order to eliminate insignificant and inaccurate submissions.
It may seem petty to distinguish between the plural and singular form, and therefore unnecessary to include both forms in the index.
A further problem is the fact that place names may appear in a trivial context.
When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks = The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks.
But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles.
Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
A bit of a fluff episode, but it shows just how naive these boys can be.
Drama is, bottom line, seen as a fluff subject by many people.
Properly read, live literature - even the quietest or most light-hearted - may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.
And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still 'measly'.
Personal financial problems and piddling little controversies could absolutely kill a politician, eating away at him, worrying him sick.
algo insignificante
just a little dot
It might be just a little dot in the huge canvas of our whole lives, but there are those special few that draw the dot with a permanent marker.
asunto insignificante
matter of no consequence
Therapeutic lying can be practical and effective in matters of no consequence.
cuestión insignificante
matter of no consequence
Therapeutic lying can be practical and effective in matters of no consequence.
hacer que Algo sea insignificante
make + Nombre + pale by comparison
The article is entitled 'Digital library will make today's Internet pale by comparison'.
parecer insignificante en comparación
pale by + comparison
No matter how good you are, there's a significant chance of paling by comparison.
ser algo insignificante
be small beer
be small potato(es)
be small change
The United States and United Kingdom are burdened by debt too but household debt even in these two countries is small beer compared to government debt.
I know it's small potato for him, but if I'm having so many problems, then others must be having them as well.
The casualties from a missile attack by them in response to an attack on their nuclear facilities will be small change compared to the consequences of their government attaining nuclear capability.
ser insignificante
pale into + insignificance
stick + Algo + on a pin-point
be of no consequence
Even this pales into insignificance against the magnetic disc drive which can transfer data at 200,000 characters per second, with the discs rotating at 2,400 rpm.
Miss Laski suggests that in many cases what can be learnt from popular romance can be 'stuck on a pin-point'.
Who gets killed is of no consequence but the fact that people are killed is of consequence.
ser insignificante de
be slight in
Inevitably, a large proportion of these self-chosen books will be slight in stature.