(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: fiddling , footling , lilliputian , little , niggling , piddling , piffling , petty , picayune ]
of little substance or significance; a few superficial editorial changes; only trivial objections
[ Syn: superficial ]
concerned with trivialities; a trivial young woman; a trivial mind'