piddling

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piddling

/ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/

adjective

not comparable Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless. After all the work I'd done, he gave me a piddling amount of money.
Similar: base, contemptible, floccinaucinihilipilificatious, foolish, for the birds, futile, frivolous, idle, ignorable, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of piddle

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@misc{piddling_2026,
  title = {piddling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/piddling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}