piddling

  • 21piddling — pid·dling || pɪdlɪŋ adj. worthless, trivial, of little value pid·dle || pɪdl n. urine, liquid excrement (term used by children) v. do things carelessly, function in a disorganized manner; dawdle, waste time; deal in trifles; urinate, pee… …

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  • 22piddling — adjective pathetically trivial; trifling. → piddle …

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  • 23piddling — a. Trifling, trivial, frivolous, petty, unimportant, insignificant, immaterial, inconsiderable, worthless, of little value or consequence, of no moment …

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  • 24piddling — adj trifling, peddling, fribbling, niggling; paltry, petty, small, slight, puny, picayune; minor, meager, flimsy; lightweight, shallow, frothy, frivolous, superficial; of no consequence, unimportant, insignificant, insubstantial; silly, inane,… …

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  • 25piddling — pid·dling …

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  • 26piddling — UK [ˈpɪd(ə)lɪŋ] / US adjective informal small, or not important …

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  • 27piddling — pid•dling [[t]ˈpɪd lɪŋ[/t]] adj. cvb trifling; negligible • Etymology: 1550–60 …

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  • 28piddling — /ˈpɪdlɪŋ/ (say pidling) adjective Colloquial trifling; petty; small. Also, piddly. {piddle1 + ing2} …

  • 29piddling — adjective (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… …

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  • 30paltry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. trifling, trivial, inconsequential, insignificant; mean, petty, worthless; contemptible, sorry, pitiable. See unimportance, badness, cheapness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. small, insignificant,… …

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