VOCABULARY EXPANSION. # 70514. - "SMALL BEER".

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Today's Word "small beer"

small beer \small beer\ (noun) - 1 : Weak beer. 2 : Insignificant matters; something of little importance.

(adjective) - 1 : Unimportant; trivial.

"While Mary was concerned that they would be considered insignificant posers by the 'old money' in their neighborhood, Hugh considered that small beer as their house was one of the most architecturally significant on their block."

Small beer is beer of only slight alcoholic strength; the other senses are derivative.
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