1. petty, trivial, or of little value or importance
Usage: informal; chiefly Southern U.S.

Examples

• He complained about picayunish details that didn’t matter to the project.
• Don’t waste time on such picayunish concerns when we have bigger issues to address.
• Her picayunish attitude toward small expenses annoyed her business partners.
• The manager dismissed the employee’s picayunish objections to the new policy.
• Stop being so picayunish about every minor mistake in the report.
• The critic’s picayunish review focused on trivial flaws rather than the work’s merits.