piffling

Letters that make piffling

f, g, l, n, p, i are letters that make 'piffling'

Words within piffling

PI, Lin, pi, ng, li, in, fling, ling, FL, IN, In, Li are words within 'piffling'


1 possible definitions for 'piffling'

Piffling as "(informal) small and of little importance"

Under this definition, piffling is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

fiddling, petty, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, picayune, trivial have the same meaning as 'piffling'

piffling Usage

'piffling' can be a useage of colloquialism.

Derivatives of piffling

triviality, trivia, trifle, pettiness, littleness, smallness, puniness, trivialize, trivialise, small beer, slightness are derivatives of 'piffling'.

Similar to piffling

unimportant is similar to piffling.

Example of piffling used within this context

"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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