piffling

[ pif-ling ]

adjective

1. of little worth; trifling; piddling:

   piffling efforts.

piffling

/ ˈpɪflɪŋ /

adjective

1. worthless, trivial

Word History and Origins

Origin of piffling¹

First recorded in 1890–95; piffle + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Well; first, I knew my daughter couldn't be the piffling lunatic who does your war cookery articles.

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"I don't think we ought to ask a great and busy lawyer to accommodate himself to our piffling social plans," replied Mrs. Joyce.

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She disliked the round vowels formed with such care that they looked piffling, and the elaborately shaded consonants.

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Why don't you cut out all this piffling holy talk and go in for something you can do?

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I'm sick of lying and pretending, sick of common little piffling notions of what you consider right and wrong.

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