as in nominal
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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Adjective
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Weekend warriors trying to enjoy Colorado’s nominal snowpack instead saw temperatures rise to 68 degrees in Breckenridge and 70 degrees west of Vail.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
21 Mar. 2026 -
The amount of money campaigns are paying to use Findraiser is nominal, federal campaign finance records show.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Yabusele started Monday and immediately racked up two blundering fouls in four minutes.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Our party walked single file to minimize the chance of blundering onto private property.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Monday and Wednesday have a slight chance of showers, the forecast showed.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Mar. 2026
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Big Blue will have to overcome a slight halftime deficit to avoid a first-round upset.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Ken Holland, general manager, B Holland arrived on the scene of a muddling franchise that had lost four straight first-round series to the same opponent.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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The new estimate was based on accounting for some of those muddling data points.—
Andrew Joseph,
STAT,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Kansas’ public officials should avoid the distractions of petty prejudices and focus on representing all their citizens.—
Darren Rosenblum,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Joe Cole, late of Peaky Blinders, plays Ethan, a former petty teen gangster from Las Vegas who has decamped to Los Angeles and made an honest man of himself.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Advertisement All eyes will be on Ilia Malinin, for the stunning array of quadruple jumps that the Virginia native pulls off with a mind boggling ease.—
Alice Park,
Time,
12 Jan. 2026
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Jerry's approach is so mind boggling.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Then, the pandemic reduced the schedule to 60 games and Eddie got a piddling 37%.—
Star Tribune,
Star Tribune,
3 Dec. 2020
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Millions of additional claims are expected to stream in from around the country over the coming weeks, while hiring remains piddling.—
Patricia Cohen,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2020
Verb
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And Kash Patel's FBI seems to be bungling the investigation at every step.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
13 Mar. 2026
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Cricket was shot for yapping uncontrollably, bungling the mission, and killing innocent bystanders.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Piffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piffling. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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