twopenny
1
9.7
- adjective
- /ˈtuːˌpɛni/
- Archaic
:
insignificante
- His opinion on the matter was twopenny, and no one took it seriously.
Examples
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The gift she received was a twopenny trinket that no one would remember.
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For the twopenny one she only gives you a hand job.
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Larsen comes in with a twopenny drop.
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And the sounds grew louder, with a peculiar echoing quality, like a twopenny nail being scraped along the stainless steel wall of a wind tunnel or caisson sunk deep in the earth, like a vibration from the core coming to the surface.
Fiction book (2001) -
She considered the twopenny details of the report to be unimportant.
Synonyms
121
3.9
Not important or serious
120
3.7
Small and unimportant in position or power
31
5.6
Very small or unimportant and not worth worrying about
30
8.2
Not important and worth very little
7
6.6
Very small and not important enough to need attention
1
8.9
A person or thing that others see as worthless
1
7.0
Having little or no value
1
9.9
Small and not important
1
7.2
Small and not important, usually involving little money
Of little value and not important
Very low in value and not important
Small and of little value or importance
Cheap and not worth much
Cheap and not worth much
Not important or serious compared with other things
It has very little value
Very common and not worth much
Very common and not worth much
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Etymology
The word twopenny comes from old British coins, with the parts two- and penny literally meaning 'two pennies'. So something called twopenny was once thought very cheap, and today the word means small, unimportant, or of little value.