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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Unimportant; trivial: "It's a Mickey Mouse operation compared to what goes on in Lyons or Paris” ( Jack Higgins).
2. adj. Irritatingly petty: the school's Mickey Mouse requirements for graduation.
3. adj. Slang Intellectually unchallenging; simple: His Mickey Mouse assignments soon bored the students.
4. adj. Slang Melodramatic or sentimental. Used especially of popular music.