piffling English

Meaning piffling meaning

What does piffling mean?

piffling

— adjective (= fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune) (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

Synonyms piffling synonyms

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piffling English » English

trivial

piddling

picayune

petty

niggling

little

footling

lilliputian

fiddling

uninfluential

unimpressive

unimposing

unimportant

subfusc

small-time

slight

slender

shrimpy

potty

peripheral

paltry

null

no-count

no-account

nickel-and-dime

matterless

limited

invalid

insignificant

inconsiderable

diminutive

chintzy