piddling

Definition

Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.

Example Sentences

• "After all the work I'd done, he gave me a piddling amount of money."
• "the ignoble hucksterage of piddling tithes"
• "Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough to snooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights."