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Pronunciation:
[ pˈɪdlɪŋ], [ pˈɪdlɪŋ], [ p_ˈɪ_d_l_ɪ_ŋ]
Piddling is a word that means insignificant or trivial. Some synonyms for piddling are small, petty, inconsequential, and trivial. These words all mean something that is not important, but only one of them, inconsequential, implies that the thing is completely unimportant. Some other synonyms for piddling are trifling, paltry, and negligible. These words all mean something that is not worth much attention or effort. Piddling is often used to describe someone's behavior or actions, such as "He spent his entire day piddling around instead of doing something productive." Overall, piddling is a word that should only be used when something is truly unimportant or insignificant.
Related words: mean less, small amount, unimportant thing
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Synonyms for Piddling:
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adj.
• few- Unfrequent ,
- few and far between ,
- not too many ,
- scarcely any ,
- semioccasional ,
- widely spaced ,
- imperceptible ,
- lean ,
- less ,
- middling ,
- minority ,
- not many ,
- occasional ,
- piddling ,
- scattering ,
- seldom ,
- some ,
- sporadic ,
- straggling ,
- uncommon .
- fairish ,
- bland ,
- fair to middling ,
- indifferent ,
- intermediate ,
- mediocre ,
- medium ,
- ordinary ,
- passable ,
- unexceptional .
- Toyer ,
- baby ,
- bantam ,
- beggarly ,
- bitty ,
- compact ,
- deficient ,
- delicate ,
- diminutive ,
- dwarfish ,
- itty-bitty ,
- little ,
- meager ,
- microscopic ,
- mini ,
- miniature ,
- minimal ,
- miserly ,
- modest ,
- negligible ,
- niggardly ,
- petite ,
- pocket-sized ,
- runty ,
- scant ,
- scanty ,
- scrawny ,
- short ,
- slim ,
- smallish ,
- spare ,
- sparing ,
- stingy ,
- teensy ,
- teeny ,
- teeny-weeny ,
- tiny ,
- toy ,
- trifling ,
- ungenerous ,
- wee ,
- weeny .
- Flyspeck ,
- banal ,
- fiddling ,
- frivolous ,
- inconsequential ,
- insignificant ,
- insipid ,
- irrelevant ,
- of no consequence/of little consequence ,
- one-horse ,
- trite ,
- trivial ,
- unimportant ,
- worthless .
- atomic ,
- bottom ,
- feeblest ,
- fewest ,
- first ,
- gutter ,
- infinitesimal ,
- last ,
- lowest ,
- meanest ,
- microcosmic ,
- minimum ,
- minutest ,
- molecular ,
- most trivial ,
- nadir ,
- next to nothing ,
- poorest ,
- second ,
- third ,
- tiniest .
- accessory ,
- bush-league ,
- casual ,
- dependent ,
- junior ,
- lesser ,
- minus ,
- smaller ,
- subsidiary ,
- tacky .
- common ,
- despicable ,
- ineffectual ,
- narrow ,
- set ,
- shabby ,
- shoddy ,
- trashy ,
- vile .
- half pint ,
- halfpint ,
- in firmer ,
- in firmest ,
- in-firmer ,
- in-firmest ,
- more half pint ,
- more half-pint ,
- more halfpint ,
- more nothing ,
- more pint sized ,
- more pint-sized ,
- more zero ,
- most half pint ,
- most half-pint ,
- most halfpint ,
- most nothing ,
- most pint sized ,
- most pint-sized ,
- most zero ,
- pint sized ,
- runter ,
- runtest ,
- shrimpest ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un substantial ,
- un-developed ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-substantial ,
- under sized ,
- zilcher ,
- zilchest .
Other synonyms:
- inconsiderable ,
- least ,
- shallow .
Other relevant words:
- Addling ,
- Attaining ,
- Constituting ,
- Constructing ,
- Creating ,
- Dabbling ,
- Dallying ,
- Defecating ,
- Earning ,
- Eliminating ,
- Establishing ,
- Fingle-fangle ,
- Finikin ,
- Fooling ,
- Forming ,
- Fribble ,
- Gaining ,
- Loitering ,
- Luxuriating ,
- Muddling ,
- Nominating ,
- Non-essential ,
- Picayunish ,
- Pimping ,
- Pottering ,
- Preparing ,
- Producing ,
- Puddling ,
- Puttering ,
- Realizing ,
- Scrimping ,
- Seducing ,
- Skimping ,
- Staling ,
- Tinkering ,
- Wantoning ,
- airy ,
- bare ,
- base ,
- brief ,
- causing ,
- cheap ,
- cheeseparing ,
- chicken ,
- chinchy ,
- chintzy ,
- clearing ,
- close ,
- close-fisted ,
- commonplace ,
- contemptible ,
- cooking ,
- coquetry ,
- cramped ,
- crapping ,
- crummy ,
- dalliance ,
- dinky ,
- excreting ,
- exiguous ,
- farcical ,
- feeble ,
- few ,
- fiddle-faddle ,
- finical ,
- fixing ,
- flimsy ,
- flirtation ,
- foolish ,
- footling ,
- frothy ,
- frugal ,
- fussy ,
- grudging ,
- half-pint ,
- humble ,
- idle ,
- immaterial ,
- inadequate ,
- inane ,
- inappreciable ,
- incidental ,
- inducing ,
- inessential ,
- inferior ,
- infrequent ,
- insubstantial ,
- insufficient ,
- jerkwater ,
- junior-grade ,
- knee-high ,
- light ,
- lightweight ,
- lilliputian ,
- limited ,
- loafing ,
- low ,
- lower ,
- lower-ranking ,
- lowercase ,
- lowly ,
- meagre ,
- mean ,
- meaningless ,
- mere ,
- midget ,
- mingy ,
- minor league ,
- minuscule ,
- miserable ,
- moderate ,
- monkeying ,
- namby-pamby ,
- naming ,
- niggling ,
- nit-picking ,
- no big deal ,
- no great shakes ,
- no-account ,
- nominal ,
- of no account ,
- parsimonious ,
- passing ,
- pathetic ,
- peanut ,
- peddling ,
- peeing ,
- penny ante ,
- pettifogging ,
- petty ,
- piddly ,
- piffling ,
- pindling ,
- pint-sized ,
- pissing ,
- pitiable ,
- pitiful ,
- playing ,
- pokey ,
- poky ,
- poor ,
- potty ,
- powerless ,
- pretending ,
- puerile ,
- punk ,
- pygmy ,
- rare ,
- reaching ,
- readying ,
- realising ,
- ridiculous ,
- scarce ,
- scattered ,
- scoring ,
- scrimpy ,
- secondary ,
- seldom met with ,
- seldom seen ,
- selfish ,
- skimpy ,
- slender ,
- small beer ,
- small-minded ,
- small-scale ,
- small-time ,
- smalltime ,
- smattering ,
- sorry ,
- sparse ,
- spotty ,
- sprinkled ,
- stimulating ,
- stinting ,
- stunted ,
- subaltern ,
- subordinate ,
- superficial ,
- thin ,
- tight ,
- tight-fisted ,
- tinhorn ,
- two-bit ,
- two-by-four ,
- twopenny ,
- twopenny-halfpenny ,
- uncharitable ,
- unconsidered ,
- unessential ,
- unpretentious ,
- unsatisfactory ,
- unsubstantial ,
- urinating ,
- useless ,
- valueless ,
- very small ,
- watering ,
- weak ,
- wishy-washy ,
- wretched ,
- younger .
- Unconsequential ,
- below the mark ,
- beside point ,
- catchpenny ,
- cruddy ,
- derisory ,
- entry-level ,
- in firm ,
- low-down ,
- lowdown ,
- measly ,
- microbic ,
- minor ,
- minute ,
- nickel-and-dime ,
- no good ,
- nugatory ,
- paltry ,
- peewee ,
- penny-ante ,
- picayune ,
- puny ,
- rinkydink ,
- scratcher ,
- second-string ,
- shoestring ,
- short end ,
- short-end ,
- shrimp ,
- shrimper ,
- slight ,
- small ,
- small fry ,
- small-fry ,
- suboptimal ,
- under-sized .
- account ,
- background ,
- end ,
- forgettable ,
- fringe ,
- marginal ,
- matter ,
- merely ,
- miss ,
- mouldy ,
- need ,
- neither ,
- nothing ,
- peripheral ,
- picture ,
- play ,
- poxy ,
- second class ,
- shadow ,
- sideshow ,
- stay ,
- sub ,
- subordination ,
- symbolic ,
- tinpot ,
- triviality ,
- venial ,
- vestigial ,
- worth .
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How to use "Piddling" in context?
When one thinks of the word "piddling,"images of small, insignificant things come to mind. To some, this word might conjure up thoughts of filling up a small dixie cup with water at a amusement park or tipping a parking meter. For others, it might be enough just to take a sip of their morning coffee without filling up their cup. Regardless, the definition of "piddling" is ultimately the same for everyone- it is a small amount of something.
Small children are innocent in their pursuits, and often their play is viewed as nothing more than piddling.
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