chaffy
Full of husks
Chaffy means resembling or containing chaff—the husks separated from grain during threshing.
By extension, chaffy describes something worthless or trivial, like the chaff that gets discarded: chaffy conversation, chaffy promises.
The word is uncommon and somewhat literary.
Lacking significance or weight
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- paltryContemptibly meager
- negligibleToo small to consider
frivolous · superficial · slight · empty · hollow · vapid · trashy · rubbishy
bran
Cereal grain husk
straw · winnowing · threshing · grain · cereal · wheat · barley · oats · rye · sorghum
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- paltryContemptibly meager
negligible · frivolous · superficial · slight · empty · hollow · vapid · trashy · rubbishy · throwaway
winnow
Sort by blowing air
castoff · refuse · waste · dross · debris · residue · leavings · remnants · detritus · dregs
brittle
Liable to shatter
- crispyBrittle and snapping
- paperyThin and dry-textured
- desiccatedThoroughly dehydrated
crumbly · dusty · withered · parched · sere · flaky · rustling · crackling · thin · light
chaffyvaluable
Worth considerable money
worthless · precious · priceless · invaluable · treasured
chaffysubstantial
Of notable size or importance
weighty · meaningful · high-grade · premium · first-rate
- separate the wheat from the chaffExtract what matters
- sort the wheat from the chaffSeparate useful from useless