Local English word record

piddling

adjective · 1 sense

(informal) small and of little importance

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Examples

  • 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

Word relationships

Synonyms

fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial

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