piffling

[ pif-ling ]

/ ˈpɪf lɪŋ /

adjective

of little worth; trifling; piddling: piffling efforts.

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Origin of piffling

First recorded in 1890–95; piffle + -ing²

Words nearby piffling

piezomagnetic effect, piezometer, piezometry, PIF, piffle, piffling, pig, Pigalle, pig bed, pigboat, pig boiling

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Example sentences from the Web for piffling

Maybe it's only a piffling pocket, and we'll get souped for our pains.
The Trail of '98|Robert W. Service
Earthly marriages are piffling in comparison with that ceremony.
The Skylark of Space|Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby
Why don't you cut out all this piffling holy talk and go in for something you can do?
The Preacher of Cedar Mountain|Ernest Thompson Seton
This was no piffling little Gizeh pyramid, no simple tomb for a king.
The Sky Is Falling|Lester del Rey

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

British Dictionary definitions for piffling

piffling

/ (ˈpɪflɪŋ) /

adjective

worthless, trivial

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