How do you say picayune in English? Pronunciation of picayune in English, a free online English pronunciation dictionary.
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Pronounce Picayune as P IY K AH Y UW N EH.
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Continue readinginsignificant; small
fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial(adj)(informal) small and of little importance
"a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
not broad or open in views or opinionsthe picayune ponderings of a commentator who steadfastly believes other cultures are inferior to our own
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attentionirritatingly picayune complaints
something of little importanceour lives don't amount to a picayune in the great scheme of things
1. On my picayune salary, I can barely pay my bills.
2. While twenty dollars may seem like a picayune sum to you, it is a fortune to a starving person.
3. Jim was not upset because he lost only a picayune amount of money at the casino.
4. The hotel manager hates to deal with customers who complain about picayune issues like tiny wrinkles in their bed sheets.
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