floccinaucinihilipilification
noun[U]
uk/ˌflɒk.sɪ.nɔː.sɪ.nɪ.hɪl.ɪ.pɪl.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌflɑːk.sɪ.nɔː.sɪ.nɪ.hɪl.ɪ.pɪl.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/theactofconsideringsomething to be not at allimportantoruseful- usedmainlyas anexampleof a verylongword:
藐视，蔑视（主要作为长单词的例子）Thehonourof being thelongestnon-technical word goes to floccinaucinihilipilification.最长的非技术性词汇当属floccinaucinihilipilification。
- Senator Jesse Helms used thedelightfulword "floccinaucinihilipilification".
- I used floccinaucinihilipilification in anessayonceand theteacherwrotein themargin"I'm not giving youextramarksfor this."
- The word "floccinaucinihilipilification"means"theestimationof something asworthless". It's an 18th-centurycoinagethatcombinesfourLatinprefixesmeaning"nothing".
Of little or less importance
- be in/undersomeone'sshadowidiom
- be neither here nor thereidiom
- be no big dealidiom
- biggie
- derisory
- lowly
- meaninglessly
- meaninglessness
- mere
- merely
- minor
- peripheral
- petty
- piffling
- play second fiddleidiom
- poxy
- rinky-dink
- secondarily
- subordinate
- valueless
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