2
trivial(small, insignificant, unimportant, minor, puny)
1
animadversion
1
artifice
1
aspersion
1
bad notices
1
bad press
1
base(light, small, inferior, insignificant, unimportant)
1
bickering
1
casual(small, insignificant, unimportant, trivial, minor)
1
cavil
1
chicanery
1
collusion
1
connivance
1
conspiracy
1
contentious
1
controversial
1
covin
1
debate
1
disputatious(adjective, discord)
1
exception
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