small potato

noun

: one that is of trivial importance or worth

—usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction

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For lunch, order the chicken katsu, with a comically large cutlet nestled inside a comically small potato bread bun. —

Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024 The kit includes two large potato bodies, a small potato body, and 42 accessories, that allow kids to create their own idea of what a family looks like, rather than having to play within the confines of an pre-determined narrative of what a family looks like. —

Sonia Thompson, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021 Preserved in a piece of amber about the size of a small potato, a tiny snake hatchling — less than two inches long — is unprecedented in the fossil record. —

Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2018 Little palms will have more control over a small potato that can be easily gripped. —

Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 12 June 2020 See all Example Sentences for small potato