Mickey Mouse
adjective [before noun] informal disapprovingDefinition
› describes something such as an organization, machine, or course of study that you think is not as good or serious as it should be: He works for some Mickey Mouse outfit (= company) in Oklahoma.Crude and basic
(Definition of Mickey Mouse adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- 101 adjective
- at bottom idiom
- backward adjective (NOT CLEVER/MODERN)
- bare adjective (BASIC)
- basic adjective
- crude adjective (SIMPLE)
- elemental adjective
- folksy adjective
- homespun adjective
- low-tech adjective
- primal adjective
- primordial adjective
- rough noun (DRAWING)
- roughly adverb (NOT EVENLY)
- rude adjective (SIMPLE)
- rudimentary adjective
- rustic adjective
- simple adjective (ONE PART)
- skeletal adjective
- stone-age adjective
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