floccinaucinihilipilificatious

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1. humorousrareunimportant, worthless

   In the main it is too general, and does not help beginners set up simulations, but instead makes possible a number of psuedo-authorities who can discuss it on their own terms, can claim that they have been doing it for years, then dismiss it as being floccinaucinihilipilificatious.

   1970 September 1, P.J. Tansey, “Simulation Techniques in the Training of Teachers”, in Simulation & Games, volume 1, number 3, SAGE Publications, →DOI, page 301

   Synonyms: for the birds, trifling, no good, valueless, base, contemptible, foolish, for the birds