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Friday 15 June 2012
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mało ważny, nieistotny, błahy, drobny
Boring:
trivial
,
petty
To fire somebody for that kind of
petty
mistake is outrageous.
Use:
paltry
or
picayune
or
trifling
To fire someone for that kind of
picayune
mistake is outrageous.
trifling
in a song:
Section 8 City by
Andrew Bird
on Grooveshark
paltry
in a song:
Fail Hard To Regain by
Two Gallants
on Grooveshark
Not that
picayune
is informal American English. For Ngram of
picayune
,
trifling
,
paltry
,
trivial
, and
petty
click
here
.
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