adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of piddle form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless. not-comparable

   "After all the work I'd done, he gave me a piddling amount of money."

Adjective

1. 1
   (informal) small and of little importance wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

basecheeseparingchinchychintzycontemptiblecoquetry

Antonyms

All antonyms

essentialmassiveparamount

Example

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"Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?"

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