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piddling

pidd·ling

UK/ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/ US/ˈpɪdlɪŋ/ uncommon

adjective

1.

(informal) small and of little importance

  • “a fiddling sum of money”
  • “a footling gesture”
  • “our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war”
  • “a little (or small) matter”
  • “a dispute over niggling details”
  • “limited to petty enterprises”
  • “piffling efforts”
  • “giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction”

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