piddled; piddling
ˈpid-liŋ 
ˈpi-dᵊl-iŋ
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Limiting fast-break points has been a factor: Oklahoma City averaged a whopping 17.2 fast-break points per game in the previous two rounds against Denver and Minnesota, but the Thunder have averaged a piddling 8.4 thus far in the finals.
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John Hollinger, New York Times, 13 June 2025
The warm-up supercar was the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, which makes a piddling 518 hp but is revered as one of the best pound-for-pound driver’s cars in the world.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2025
In short, its core competency needs to be responding to predictable natural disasters rather than virtue-signaling about climate change that its expensive (but piddling in the global scheme of things) green-energy initiatives are powerless to affect one way or the other.
—The Editors, National Review, 13 Jan. 2025
When Hemingway returned to in-office work after his European sojourn, Hindmarsh
immediately decided that Hemingway needed his ego punctured and gave his new staffer a series of piddling assignments.
—Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 6 Jan. 2025
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John Hollinger, New York Times, 13 June 2025
The warm-up supercar was the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, which makes a piddling 518 hp but is revered as one of the best pound-for-pound driver’s cars in the world.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2025
In short, its core competency needs to be responding to predictable natural disasters rather than virtue-signaling about climate change that its expensive (but piddling in the global scheme of things) green-energy initiatives are powerless to affect one way or the other.
—The Editors, National Review, 13 Jan. 2025
When Hemingway returned to in-office work after his European sojourn, Hindmarsh
immediately decided that Hemingway needed his ego punctured and gave his new staffer a series of piddling assignments.
—Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Piddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piddle. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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