tinpot
Britishadjective
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inferior, cheap, or worthless
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paltry; unimportant
Example Sentences
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But even tinpot dictators and autocrats at least pay lip-service to working for the common good.
From Salon
In an Instagram post, she snickered at his cartoonishly large hat, saying he looked like a tinpot dictator.
From New York Times
Worse: Mr. Trump has progressed from lying about the result to adopting the tactics of a tinpot authoritarian, trying to overturn a free and fair election by pressuring and corrupting voting officials.
From Washington Post
She added: “He is behaving like a tinpot dictator… and it’s not acceptable and it should be called out.”
From The Guardian
No tinpot order of mice was going to stand against the might of Cluny the Scourge.
From Literature
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