Piddling (Adjective)

Meaning

(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".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Usages

• Colloquialism

Examples

• The politician was criticized for making a piddling donation to the local charity, considering her wealth.
• Her piddling income made it difficult for her to make ends meet.
• The piddling amount of savings wasn't going to make a significant difference in achieving her financial goals.
• Critics argued that the law provided piddling protection for consumers who had been misled.
• The new phone model had a piddling improvement in battery life compared to the previous version.

Synonyms

• Footling
• Niggling
• Trivial
• Lilliputian
• Picayune
• Little
• Fiddling
• Piffling
• Petty