bagatelle
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- noun
- /ˌbæɡəˈtɛl/
- Literature
- The fact that both Alexander and Cromarty were far more nobly born than he seemed beside the point to him, a mere bagatelle, something to be resented, perhaps, but not something a Baron of High Ridge need concern himself with.
- a mere bagatelle
Examples
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Just a mere bagatelle.
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Hell, $20 isn't a mere bagatelle to me.
Blog text (20) -
And just ring the bell on the big bagatelle...
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But what is that to you, milord, a mere bagatelle.
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The obvious point is that he made it to Rome at the age of 60, and therefore he was up to the sea journey, a mere bagatelle in comparison.
Blog text (20) -
They'd purchased a little house in the eighth arrondissement in Paris that, for them, was just a bagatelle, since they rarely lived there.
Fiction book (1996) -
Well, it's utter nonsense, of course, naturally, the bagatelle of a man with more money than sense, but... I haven't actually found anything to say that it couldn't work.
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The missing documents were just a bagatelle in the grand scheme of things.
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For most people, that argument seemed like a bagatelle and not worth their time.
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He dismissed the complaint as a bagatelle, believing it to be unimportant.
Synonyms
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Something that has no value or use
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A small unimportant thing not worth any attention
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Unimportant words in writing or speech
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Useless or unimportant things that distract from what matters
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A small detail that does not matter
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Small decorative things that are fancy and not useful
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A thing that is not important or worth worrying about
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A small thing that is not important
A small unimportant thing you do not need
Small decorative things that have little value
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Etymology
Bagatelle comes from the Italian word bagatella, meaning 'little thing' or 'trifle', so a bagatelle is something unimportant or of little value. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a problem so small you call it a 'trifle'.