fiddling (adj.)

  1. (informal) small and of little importance; 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

    [ Syn: footling , lilliputian , little , niggling , piddling , piffling , petty , picayune , trivial ]

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