are piffling
- present progressive of piffle.
Example Sentences
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Because markets for land are so ill-developed in Africa and governments so weak, rents are piffling: $2 per hectare per year in Ethiopia; $5 in Liberia.
From Economist ● May 5, 2011
Earthly marriages are piffling in comparison with that ceremony.
From The Skylark of Space by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
