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piffling

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verb

present participle of piffle

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for piffling
Adjective
  • The sponsor's fee is set at an annual nominal rate of 0.40% of the euro in the Trust.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
  • And, on a more abstract level, a 4.2% 10-year yield isn’t out of line with a U.S. economy now operating at a 5.5% nominal GDP growth pace (based on current GDP tracking models and prevailing headline inflation rates).
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The latest consumer price index is expected to show a slight increase for October.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The Slack survey found a slight increase in AI usage, up one percentage point between March and August 2024 for US respondents (32% to 33%).
    Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Despite the emotional celebration, the Raptors’ Global Ambassador still had some petty energy to put into the air.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • There is a long tradition of petty smuggling in the region.
    Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Then, the pandemic reduced the schedule to 60 games and Eddie got a piddling 37%.
    Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
  • 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
Adjective
  • And yet the movie’s insularity feels trifling and empty.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The cost to find these answers, even in the near term, is relatively trifling.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2023
Adjective
  • Persistent back pain is another indicator – this, too, is the result of tiny fractures or compression of the spine.
    Jianying Zhang, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
  • But for the film, Caldwell and Honnold spent 38 days biking 2,320 miles from his home in Estes Park, Colorado, to the tiny town of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, where the roadway ends.
    Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Seemingly small or trivial accuracy improvements could actually play a crucial role when applied in extreme, emergency settings.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
  • What might feel like trivial small talk is actually an invitation for connection.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • That pipeline, now at the heart of the NS2 dispute, still carries Russian gas to Germany, yielding between $2 billion and $3 billion in annual transit fees for Ukraine – not an inconsiderable amount for an economy whose total gross domestic product was $154 billion in 2020.
    Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Aug. 2021
  • For even very good students who can afford the not inconsiderable tuition, deciding which campuses to list on the UC application — each costs $70 — is less about personal preference and more about figuring out which one offers any hope of acceptance.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2021
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“Piffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piffling. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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