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so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
- only niggling differences between the original Broadway musical and the film version that followed
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niggling
verb
present participle of niggle
Synonyms & Antonyms of niggling (Entry 2 of 2)
to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant
- you know it drives me crazy when you niggle like that
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“Niggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/niggling. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of niggling was in 1599
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