What is the meaning of piffling?

verb

adjective

  • Informal) small and of little importance. (
    • usage: "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 petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
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APAWordNet. (2010). piffling. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/piffling/definitions/1180789
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "piffling" http://smartdefine.org/piffling/definitions/1180789 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, piffling, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/piffling/definitions/1180789>.
MLAWordNet. "piffling" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/piffling/definitions/1180789>
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