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Catty comment, say, that's inconsequential (6)

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slight

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(Other definitions for slight that I've seen before include "Small, snub" , "Flimsy, tenuous" , "A disrespectful reference - not great" , "Slender; rebuff" , "Deliberately discourteous act" .)

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