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piddling

/ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/

piddling adjective: insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless. Also the present participle and gerund of piddle.

Adjective

piddling (not comparable)

  1. Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.
    • After all the work I'd done, he gave me a piddling amount of money.
    • the ignoble hucksterage of piddling tithes1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC

Also used as

piddling is also the present participle and gerund of piddle.

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Questions about piddling

What does piddling mean?
Piddling means insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.
What part of speech is piddling?
Piddling is an adjective.
How do you pronounce piddling?
Piddling is pronounced /ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/.

Words near piddling in the dictionary

  1. piddles away
  2. piddlesome
  3. Piddletrenthide
  4. piddlier
  5. piddliest
  6. piddling
  7. piddling away
  8. piddlingly
  9. piddly
  10. piddock
  11. piddocks

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