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(Entry 1 of 2)
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
- raised one final, piddling objection to the plan
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piddling
verb
present participle of piddle
Synonyms & Antonyms of piddling (Entry 2 of 2)
as in mucking, playing
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for piddling
- fiddling (around),
- fooling,
- messing,
- monkeying,
- mucking,
- playing,
- pottering (around),
- puttering (around),
- trifling
- bumming,
- chilling,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- dillydallying,
- droning,
- footling,
- goofing (off),
- hacking (around),
- hanging (around or out),
- hanging about
- [British],
- idling,
- kicking around,
- kicking back,
- lazing,
- lazying,
- loafing,
- lolling,
- lounging,
- vegging out
- dozing,
- estivating
- (or aestivating),
- hibernating
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“Piddling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piddling. Accessed 21 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of piddling was in 1559
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