piffling
Barely worth mentioning
Piffling means trivial, worthless, or ridiculously small—used dismissively for things not worth serious attention.
A piffling amount of money is insultingly meager.
A piffling objection doesn't deserve consideration.
The word is mildly old-fashioned and chiefly British: I won't waste time on such piffling details.
Lacking significance or weight
- triflingOf no real importance
- negligibleToo small to consider
- paltryContemptibly meager
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
petty · minor · unimportant · frivolous · slight · meager · nominal · minimal
Excessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- fussyExcessively particular
- pedanticExcessively concerned with minor rules
- hair-splittingExcessive focus on trivialities
pettifogging · niggling · small-minded · caviling · captious · fault-finding · overcritical · carping
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- triflingOf no real importance
- negligibleToo small to consider
- paltryContemptibly meager
inconsequential · petty · minor · unimportant · frivolous · slight · meager · nominal · minimal · minuscule
nitpicking
Excessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- fussyExcessively particular
- pedanticExcessively concerned with minor rules
hair-splitting · pettifogging · niggling · small-minded · caviling · captious · fault-finding · overcritical · carping · mean-spirited
pifflingsignificant
Having notable importance
important · consequential · substantial · momentous · weighty
pifflingsubstantial
Of notable size or importance
considerable · enormous · large · big · huge