piddling

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  1. adjective So trifling or trivial as to be beneath one's consideration.

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  • We'll call your piddling leap for gain and glory a crime of passion. —  EQMM,September-October2007
  • Still the overhead goes on while that guy fools around with piddling orders for poker chips and drugs. —  Astounding, January 1943
  • Fergie's Fledglings achieved seems at best middling and at worst piddling: one victory over Liverpool and a famous draw away to, er, QPR in the FA Cup. —  Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk
  • [Ann Saner, AP vis Yahoo!] - Nothing like a little voting majority to place piddling issues like ethics to the back burner eh? —  Lose an Eye, it's a Sport
  • Worldwide, Microsoft's search engine accounts for a piddling 1.7 percent of searches, compared to 2.5 percent in April 2008. —  WinInfo
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