Definition of piddling in English:

piddling

(also piddly)

adjective ˈpɪd(ə)lɪŋˈpɪdlɪŋ

informal

Pathetically trivial; trifling.
〈非正式〉不重要的；不足道的；微小的
piddling little questions
无足轻重的小问题。
Example sentencesExamples
- And I think that they should have given her a bigger fine than $30,000, which seems an awful piddling fine to me.
- Expect piddling fines for players who will treat the loss as loose change and a couple of suspensions which will merely inconvenience coaches busy with their squad rotations.
- They project their piddling little personalities, but they don't do their job, they are not acting.
- That's why the Government was forced to make tax concessions in the Budget, piddling though they were.
- I suppose I should do something sensible like invest some of this money for when I get back, if one can invest the piddling sums I'll have left after setting holiday and beer-in-England money aside.
- They were aristocrats with little interest in piddling estates of 30 hides.
- Typically, beneficiaries of such class action suits get piddling sums, often nothing more than a discount on their next purchase.
- By today's apocalyptic standards that's piddling.
- I'm not talking about the piddling few hundred thousand salary and couple of million pay-off a fat-cat boss gets for destroying a company in record time and sacking all its workers.
- Musicians cynically note the gigantic tax abatements the city offers to high tech firms, as compared with the piddling sums it is willing to invest in its pool of thousands of young artists.
- The play is to be perceived as a satire on big business, which these piddling rogues try to emulate and, in their puny way, supposedly mirror.
- Its images tumble, proliferate and cross-hatch; they are extravagant and loopy and defiantly enormous in their ambition, making everything else look petty and piddling.
- The $1.65 million penalty is piddling to the huge banks.
- In the higher reaches of the football world the amounts at issue would seem piddling, small change, barely a week's wages for a half - decent player at a senior club.
- It was just a piddling one-drop-a-second leak.
- I get 25% of my own money back in cash, and the rest becomes a piddling annual income, on which I pay higher-rate tax.
- This may be a piddling observation, but you can hardly whine when your own writers get your URL wrong - and you publish their mistakes.
- He then called me to let me know that they had given him a piddling sum, barely worth mentioning.
- Yes, it may only be a piddling little thing, compared with the potential threat to human rights represented by introduction of ID cards, and the suspension of habeas corpus.
- From June 1, however, a conviction for careless driving, no matter how piddling the offence, will see a driver almost half way to losing his or her licence.
Synonyms
unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, minor, of little account, of no account, of little consequence, of no consequence, of little importance, of no importance, not worth bothering about, not worth mentioning
trivial, trifling, petty, footling, slight, small, insignificant, unimportant, inconsequential, inconsiderable, of little account, peripheral, subsidiary, negligible, worthless, useless

Definition of piddling in US English:

piddling

adjectiveˈpidliNGˈpɪdlɪŋ

informal

Pathetically trivial; trifling.
〈非正式〉不重要的；不足道的；微小的
piddling little questions
无足轻重的小问题。
Example sentencesExamples
- Its images tumble, proliferate and cross-hatch; they are extravagant and loopy and defiantly enormous in their ambition, making everything else look petty and piddling.
- Typically, beneficiaries of such class action suits get piddling sums, often nothing more than a discount on their next purchase.
- Yes, it may only be a piddling little thing, compared with the potential threat to human rights represented by introduction of ID cards, and the suspension of habeas corpus.
- From June 1, however, a conviction for careless driving, no matter how piddling the offence, will see a driver almost half way to losing his or her licence.
- It was just a piddling one-drop-a-second leak.
- He then called me to let me know that they had given him a piddling sum, barely worth mentioning.
- And I think that they should have given her a bigger fine than $30,000, which seems an awful piddling fine to me.
- Musicians cynically note the gigantic tax abatements the city offers to high tech firms, as compared with the piddling sums it is willing to invest in its pool of thousands of young artists.
- That's why the Government was forced to make tax concessions in the Budget, piddling though they were.
- I'm not talking about the piddling few hundred thousand salary and couple of million pay-off a fat-cat boss gets for destroying a company in record time and sacking all its workers.
- The play is to be perceived as a satire on big business, which these piddling rogues try to emulate and, in their puny way, supposedly mirror.
- They were aristocrats with little interest in piddling estates of 30 hides.
- I suppose I should do something sensible like invest some of this money for when I get back, if one can invest the piddling sums I'll have left after setting holiday and beer-in-England money aside.
- They project their piddling little personalities, but they don't do their job, they are not acting.
- Expect piddling fines for players who will treat the loss as loose change and a couple of suspensions which will merely inconvenience coaches busy with their squad rotations.
- This may be a piddling observation, but you can hardly whine when your own writers get your URL wrong - and you publish their mistakes.
- The $1.65 million penalty is piddling to the huge banks.
- By today's apocalyptic standards that's piddling.
- In the higher reaches of the football world the amounts at issue would seem piddling, small change, barely a week's wages for a half - decent player at a senior club.
- I get 25% of my own money back in cash, and the rest becomes a piddling annual income, on which I pay higher-rate tax.
Synonyms
unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, minor, of little account, of no account, of little consequence, of no consequence, of little importance, of no importance, not worth bothering about, not worth mentioning
trivial, trifling, petty, footling, slight, small, insignificant, unimportant, inconsequential, inconsiderable, of little account, peripheral, subsidiary, negligible, worthless, useless

词汇	piddling
释义	Definition of piddling in English: piddling (also piddly) adjective ˈpɪd(ə)lɪŋˈpɪdlɪŋ informal Pathetically trivial; trifling. 〈非正式〉不重要的；不足道的；微小的 piddling little questions 无足轻重的小问题。 Example sentencesExamples And I think that they should have given her a bigger fine than $30,000, which seems an awful piddling fine to me. Expect piddling fines for players who will treat the loss as loose change and a couple of suspensions which will merely inconvenience coaches busy with their squad rotations. They project their piddling little personalities, but they don't do their job, they are not acting. That's why the Government was forced to make tax concessions in the Budget, piddling though they were. I suppose I should do something sensible like invest some of this money for when I get back, if one can invest the piddling sums I'll have left after setting holiday and beer-in-England money aside. They were aristocrats with little interest in piddling estates of 30 hides. Typically, beneficiaries of such class action suits get piddling sums, often nothing more than a discount on their next purchase. By today's apocalyptic standards that's piddling. I'm not talking about the piddling few hundred thousand salary and couple of million pay-off a fat-cat boss gets for destroying a company in record time and sacking all its workers. Musicians cynically note the gigantic tax abatements the city offers to high tech firms, as compared with the piddling sums it is willing to invest in its pool of thousands of young artists. The play is to be perceived as a satire on big business, which these piddling rogues try to emulate and, in their puny way, supposedly mirror. Its images tumble, proliferate and cross-hatch; they are extravagant and loopy and defiantly enormous in their ambition, making everything else look petty and piddling. The $1.65 million penalty is piddling to the huge banks. In the higher reaches of the football world the amounts at issue would seem piddling, small change, barely a week's wages for a half - decent player at a senior club. It was just a piddling one-drop-a-second leak. I get 25% of my own money back in cash, and the rest becomes a piddling annual income, on which I pay higher-rate tax. This may be a piddling observation, but you can hardly whine when your own writers get your URL wrong - and you publish their mistakes. He then called me to let me know that they had given him a piddling sum, barely worth mentioning. Yes, it may only be a piddling little thing, compared with the potential threat to human rights represented by introduction of ID cards, and the suspension of habeas corpus. From June 1, however, a conviction for careless driving, no matter how piddling the offence, will see a driver almost half way to losing his or her licence. Synonyms unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, minor, of little account, of no account, of little consequence, of no consequence, of little importance, of no importance, not worth bothering about, not worth mentioning trivial, trifling, petty, footling, slight, small, insignificant, unimportant, inconsequential, inconsiderable, of little account, peripheral, subsidiary, negligible, worthless, useless Definition of piddling in US English: piddling adjectiveˈpidliNGˈpɪdlɪŋ informal Pathetically trivial; trifling. 〈非正式〉不重要的；不足道的；微小的 piddling little questions 无足轻重的小问题。 Example sentencesExamples Its images tumble, proliferate and cross-hatch; they are extravagant and loopy and defiantly enormous in their ambition, making everything else look petty and piddling. Typically, beneficiaries of such class action suits get piddling sums, often nothing more than a discount on their next purchase. Yes, it may only be a piddling little thing, compared with the potential threat to human rights represented by introduction of ID cards, and the suspension of habeas corpus. From June 1, however, a conviction for careless driving, no matter how piddling the offence, will see a driver almost half way to losing his or her licence. It was just a piddling one-drop-a-second leak. He then called me to let me know that they had given him a piddling sum, barely worth mentioning. And I think that they should have given her a bigger fine than $30,000, which seems an awful piddling fine to me. Musicians cynically note the gigantic tax abatements the city offers to high tech firms, as compared with the piddling sums it is willing to invest in its pool of thousands of young artists. That's why the Government was forced to make tax concessions in the Budget, piddling though they were. I'm not talking about the piddling few hundred thousand salary and couple of million pay-off a fat-cat boss gets for destroying a company in record time and sacking all its workers. The play is to be perceived as a satire on big business, which these piddling rogues try to emulate and, in their puny way, supposedly mirror. They were aristocrats with little interest in piddling estates of 30 hides. I suppose I should do something sensible like invest some of this money for when I get back, if one can invest the piddling sums I'll have left after setting holiday and beer-in-England money aside. They project their piddling little personalities, but they don't do their job, they are not acting. Expect piddling fines for players who will treat the loss as loose change and a couple of suspensions which will merely inconvenience coaches busy with their squad rotations. This may be a piddling observation, but you can hardly whine when your own writers get your URL wrong - and you publish their mistakes. The $1.65 million penalty is piddling to the huge banks. By today's apocalyptic standards that's piddling. In the higher reaches of the football world the amounts at issue would seem piddling, small change, barely a week's wages for a half - decent player at a senior club. I get 25% of my own money back in cash, and the rest becomes a piddling annual income, on which I pay higher-rate tax. Synonyms unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, minor, of little account, of no account, of little consequence, of no consequence, of little importance, of no importance, not worth bothering about, not worth mentioning trivial, trifling, petty, footling, slight, small, insignificant, unimportant, inconsequential, inconsiderable, of little account, peripheral, subsidiary, negligible, worthless, useless
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