| Traduções principais |
| Inglês | Português |
| negligible adj | (insignificant) | insignificante adj |
| The damage from the earthquake was negligible. |
| O dano do terremoto foi insignificante. |
| petty adj | (small and unimportant) (pequeno e não importante) | insignificante adj |
| Paul was tired of listening to Martin's petty grievances. |
| Paul estava cansado de ouvir as queixas insignificantes de Martin. |
| trivial adj | (not important) | insignificante adj |
| Please don't bother me with trivial complaints. |
| Por favor não me incomode com reclamações insignificantes. |
| insignificant adj | (amount: small) (pequena quantidade) | insignificante adj |
| The interest they pay on this account is really insignificant. |
| unimportant adj | (does not matter) (assunto) | insignificante adj |
| It's unimportant whether you submit part A or part B first. |
poky,
pokey adj | informal (small and cramped) | apertado adj |
| estreito adj |
| pequeno, insignificante adj |
| acanhado adj |
| The business traveler grew tired of her poky hotel room and upgraded to a suite. |
| picayune adj | US (petty) (trivial, de pouco valor) | insignificante adj |
| unimpressive adj | (not remarkable or impactful) (sem impacto) | desinteressante adj |
| (não impressionante) | inexpressivo, insignificante adj |
| footling adj | (silly, trivial) | trivial adj |
| insignificante adj |
| jerkwater adj | US, Ca, informal (backwoods, insignificant) | insignificante adj |
| piddly adj | figurative, slang (small or trifling) (gíria, figurado) | insignificante adj |
| pequeno adj |
| piddling adj | figurative, informal (negligible, very small) | insignificante, trivial adj |
| (informal) | mixaria, ninharia sf |
| The newspaper paid me a piddling amount for my first story. |
| piffling adj | informal (worth very little) | insignificante adj |
| nonentity n | (unimportant person) (pessoa sem importância) | insignificante sm |
| nulidade sf |
| pipsqueak n | slang (young or insignificant person) (gíria) | insignificante sm, sf |
| pirralho sm |
| Hey pipsqueak! Get out of my way! |
| pissant n | pejorative, vulgar, informal, US (insignificant person) | insignificante sm |
| petty adj | (not serious) (não sério) | insignificante adj |
| Jake hasn't got enough money to go on holiday this year, but that's a petty problem compared to what some people have to deal with. |
| Jake não tem dinheiro suficiente para sair de férias esse ano, mas este é um problema insignificante comparado com o que algumas pessoas têm que lidar. |
| insignificant adj | (not important) (não importante) | insignificante adj |
| I suspect my boss has always considered me a bit insignificant. |
| unimportant adj | (person: has little power) (pessoa) | insignificante, reles adj |
| Oh don't worry about me – I'm pretty unimportant round here. |
| niggling adj | (petty, trivial) (trivial) | mesquinho, insignificante adj |
| Before making any decision, I become consumed by niggling doubts. |
| fractional adj | (minimal, tiny) | pequeno, insignificante adj |
| dinky adj | US, informal (small and unimpressive) | insignificante adj |
| Sarah lives in a dinky apartment in a poor part of town. |
| chickens*** adj | vulgar, offensive!, informal (insignificant) | insignificante adj |
| pissant adj | pejorative, vulgar, informal, US (insignificant) | insignificante adj |
| trivial adj | (commonplace, banal) | insignificante adj |
| comum adj |
| trivial adj |
| The patients indulged in some trivial conversation to pass the time in the waiting room. |
| Os pacientes se contentaram com um pouco de conversa trivial para passar o tempo na sala de espera. |
| peddling adj | US, or UK, dated (piddling: trifling, negligible) | insignificante adj |
| Don't bother me with peddling details. |
| Lilliputian n | figurative (person or thing: small, trivial) | pequenino sm |
| insignificante, trivial adj |
| null adj | (insignificant) | insignificante adj |
| The study came back with a null result. |
| O estudo retornou um resultado insignificante. |
| petty adj | (mean) | mesquinho adj |
| insignificante adj |
| Tim's petty revenge took the form of telling the boss about the personal phone calls his colleague had been making. |
| A vingança mesquinha de Tim tomou forma ao contar para seu chefe sobre as ligações pessoais que seu colega havia feito. |
| minute adj | figurative (unimportant) (figurado) | minúsculo adj |
| insignificante, trivial, banal adj |
| That is a minute problem and isn't worth the trouble. |
| É um problema minúsculo e não vale a preocupação. |
| tenuous adj | (role, position: not significant) | insignificante adj |
| snip n | US, informal (insignificant person) | insignificante sm, sf |
| desprezível adj |
| She was always an impertinent snip, and her manners haven't improved. |
