Piddling

//ˈpɪdəlɪŋ//

Synonyms for "piddling" (135 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Adjective(10 words)

base contemptible foolish for the birds frivolous futile idle ignorable immaterial inconsequential

cheeseparing chinchy chintzy coquetry cramped dalliance dallying dinky exiguous fiddling flirtation fooling frugal half pint half-pint

Adjective(2 words)

fiddling footling

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Adjective(12 words)

inconsiderable indifferent insignificant like a fart in a windstorm meager mean minor miserable negligible nondescript nothingburger paltry

infrequent jerkwater knee high knee-high limited little loitering meager meagre measly mickey mouse minute miserly moderate monkeying niggardly niggling one horse one-horse paltry

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pathetic peanut peddling petite pettifogging petty

Adjective(3 words)

lilliputian little niggling

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Adjective(20 words)

petty picayune picayunish piddly pissant pitiful pointless puerile silly simple slight tin-pot trifling trivial two-bit unimportant unweighty vain worthless wretched

Adjective(4 words)

petty picayune piffling trivial

picayune picayunish piffling pimping pindling pint sized pint-sized playing poky poor punk puny puttering rare scant scanty scarce scattered scrimping scrimpy

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seldom met with seldom seen short skimping skimpy slight slim small small time small-beer small-time smallish smattering sparse spotty sprinkled stingy thin tight tinhorn tinkering two-bit two-by-four

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insignificant negligible paltry piddle trivial useless

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Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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

Source: tatoeba (246313)

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

Source: wiktionary

the ignoble hucksterage of piddling tithes

Source: wiktionary

Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough to snooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights.

Source: wiktionary

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