piddling

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adjective

Contemptibly unimportant: inconsiderable, negligible, niggling, nugatory, paltry, petty, picayune, small, small-minded, trifling. Slang measly. Idioms: of no account. See important/unimportant.

adj

Definition: insignificant
Antonyms: important, major, significant

adjective
adjective

Trivial, insignificant. (1559 —) .
Maclean's Magazine In plain words, I found out what my job was. No piddling assignment either. What it amounted to was saving the country (1971).

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ubetydelig, sølle

Nederlands (Dutch)
onbeduidend

Français (French)
adj. - insignifiant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - (ugs.) lächerlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μηδαμινός, τιποτένιος, ασήμαντος

Italiano (Italian)
futile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - trivial, insignificante

Русский (Russian)
пустячный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - insignificante, menudo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - obetydlig, trivial

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无用的, 琐屑的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 無用的, 瑣屑的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 사소한, 시시한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - つまらない, 取るに足らない, 些細な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تافه, عديم الأهميه, ضئيل القيمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר-ערך, קטנטן‬

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