2
counterproductive(adjective, poor, base, inferior, insignificant)
2
diminutive(adjective, slight, small, unimportant)
2
foolish
2
frothy(adjective, slight, lower, value, inferior)
2
good-for-nothing(adjective, poor, base, value, inferior)
2
in vain
2
inane(adjective, slight, value, small, silly)
2
inefficient(failure, inferior, inadequate, limited, feeble)
2
inferior(adjective, lower, poor, base, small)
2
insubstantial(adjective, value, insignificant, unimportant, empty)
2
irrelevant(adjective, slight, lower, value, small)
2
jejune
2
meager(adjective, slight, lower, small, inferior)
2
measly(adjective, slight, slang, important, small)
2
microscopic(adjective, slight, small, unimportant, commonplace)
2
minimal(adjective, small, unimportant, trivial, minor)
2
minute(adjective, slight, lower, value, small)
2
niggardly(adjective, small)
2
non-essential
2
not worth mentioning(expression, adjective, idiom, unimportant, trivial)
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