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small potatoes

small po·ta·to
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [smawl puh-tey-toh, -tuh]
    • /smɔl pəˈteɪ toʊ, -tə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [smawl puh-tey-toh, -tuh]
    • /smɔl pəˈteɪ toʊ, -tə/

Definitions of small potatoes words

  • noun small potatoes a person or thing of little significance, importance, or value: His salary was small potatoes for an executive of his ability. 1
  • noun small potatoes sth insignificant 1
  • uncountable noun small potatoes If you say that something is small potatoes, you mean that it is unimportant in comparison with something else. 0
  • noun small potatoes someone or something of little significance or value, esp a small amount of money 0
  • noun small potatoes a petty or insignificant person (or people) or thing (or things) 0
See all 5 definitions of small potatoes

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Origin of small potatoes

First appearance:

before 1825
One of the 37% newest English words
First recorded in 1825-35

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Small potatoes

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Small potatoes

small potatoes popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

small potatoes usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for small potatoes

noun small potatoes

  • band-aid — A Band-Aid is a small piece of sticky tape that you use to cover small cuts or wounds on your body.
  • businessman — A businessman is a man who works in business.
  • businessmen — a man regularly employed in business, especially a white-collar worker, executive, or owner.
  • businessperson — Businesspeople are people who work in business.

adj small potatoes

  • bush-league — inferior or amateurish; mediocre: a bush-league theatrical performance.
  • inconsequential — of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.

adjective small potatoes

  • wimpy — of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp.
All 17 Synonyms of small potatoes

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