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designating dance-band music that is corny, unimaginative, bland, etc.
childish, oversimplified, unrealistic, etc.: a Mickey Mouse college course

Origin: < a trademark associated with a cartoon character created by Walt Disney

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

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Origin: After the cartoon character Mickey Mouse, created by Walt Disney

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