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piffling
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In Britain government finance for schools and universities did not become available - and then only in piffling amounts - until 1890. ▪ The programme talks of selling a piffling 10% of them.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
unimportant v (present participle of piffle English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Piffle \Pif"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Piffled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Piffling .] To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk triflingly or ineffectively; to twaddle; piddle. [Dial. or Slang]
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. (informal terms) 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"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "a dispute over ...
Usage examples of piffling.
When he stepped out into the heat again, the problems of a sickly car seemed piffling, and he set to solving them with a will.
So clever, my child, but he doesn't guess why that girl is forever ill with her piffling disorders.
From past experience, both women knew that any procedures involving the issuing or examination of documents usually took hours, sometimes the better part of a day - no matter how piffling the transaction might be.
But his breath—which he'd used to shatter the wall between Dominions—was so piffling now it went unfelt, and the fingers were withdrawn by the hand of Pie's consoler, who then reached down and drew the shroud back over Gentle's face.
But for the piffling form of it, I’d face them singlehanded, with no knights at my back, no father to serve as my front and weary me with counsel.