piddling
Hardly worth mentioning
Piddling means trivially small or insignificant—too minor to merit serious attention.
A piddling amount of money barely registers.
A piddling detail isn't worth fussing over.
The word carries dismissive contempt: They offered me some piddling sum and expected gratitude.
Lacking significance or weight
- triflingOf no real importance
- negligibleToo small to consider
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- minorScale with lowered third
paltry · unimportant · slight · minimal · petty · measly · puny · small
Deficient in quantity
- scantBarely adequate amount
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
- deficientHaving too little
skimpy · paltry · limited · scanty · insubstantial · bare · lean · thin
Excessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- fussyExcessively particular
- nigglingTrivially but persistently bothersome
- hair-splittingExcessive focus on trivialities
pedantic · finicky · persnickety · captious · fastidious · small-minded · overcritical · carping
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- triflingOf no real importance
- negligibleToo small to consider
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
minor · paltry · unimportant · slight · minimal · petty · measly · puny · small · tiny
meager
Deficient in quantity
- scantBarely adequate amount
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
deficient · skimpy · paltry · limited · scanty · insubstantial · bare · lean · thin · short
nitpicking
Excessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- fussyExcessively particular
- nigglingTrivially but persistently bothersome
hair-splitting · pedantic · finicky · persnickety · captious · fastidious · small-minded · overcritical · carping · pernickety
piddlingsubstantial
Of notable size or importance
considerable · large · enormous · massive · big
piddlingsignificant
Having notable importance
important · major · consequential · substantial · momentous
- piddling around
- piddling awayWasting on trifles