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Unimportant person or people

nonentity

noun

someone who is not important or interesting at all

lightweight

noun

someone who is not important or who does not have much influence

mediocrity

noun

someone who is not considered clever or important

has-been

noun

an insulting word for someone who was important or famous in the past but is not now

small fry

noun

people or things that are not important

minion

noun

an unimportant person who has to do what a more powerful person tells them to do

lackey

noun

someone who is too willing to do whatever they are told to do, especially when the person, organization, etc. being obeyed is much more important or powerful

minnow

noun

an unimportant person or organization

nobody

noun

a person who is not at all important

small potatoes

noun

someone or something that is not important or worth thinking about

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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