picayune
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The next-largest categories, and we think the most concerning, encompass election administration and absentee voting – often challenging mechanical, even picayune matters.
From Salon • Oct. 27, 2022
These rules may seem picayune, but frequent fliers take them seriously.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2018
It is cluttered with the unruly archives of Mama Tina, Glasgow’s mother and co-missionary, and it can seem picayune.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2018
Mr. Glasgow’s operation, housed in a run-down old shopping plaza and cluttered with the unruly archives of Mama Tina, Mr. Glasgow’s mother and co-missionary, can seem picayune.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2018
I made the mistake of saying we were back to the picayune grind.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
