piddly

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piddly

/ˈpɪd.li/ UK
/ˈpɪd.əl.i/ UK

Rhymes with -ɪdəli

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From piddling; see -y.

adjective piddlier · piddliest

informal Small, inconsequential, or not worth spending time on. Why play those piddly penny slots when you can win big time at the roulette wheel, man?
Similar: base, contemptible, floccinaucinihilipilificatious, foolish, for the birds, futile, frivolous, idle, ignorable, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable

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adj small, of no consequence

Español	de chichinabo
Русский	ме́лкий mélkij, копе́ечный kopéječnyj, ерундо́вый jerundóvyj, ничто́жный ničtóžnyj, никчёмный nikčómnyj

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@misc{piddly_2026,
  title = {piddly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/piddly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}