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(Entry 1 of 2)
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
- from his perspective as a billionaire, what the governor got paid was a piffling amount
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piffling
verbpresent participle of piffle
Synonyms & Antonyms of piffling (Entry 2 of 2)
as in muddling, blundering
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for piffling
- blowing,
- bobbling,
- boggling,
- bollixing (up),
- booting,
- botching,
- buggering (up),
- bumbling,
- bungling,
- butchering,
- dubbing,
- flubbing,
- fluffing,
- foozling,
- fouling up,
- fumbling,
- goofing (up),
- lousing up,
- mangling,
- messing (up),
- mucking up,
- muffing,
- murdering,
- screwing up
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The first known use of piffling was in 1864
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