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Mickey Mouse

adjective [before noun]
 
 
informal disapproving

Definition

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
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