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piddling

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Piddling (adj) means Very small, unimportant, or of little worth.

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Very small, unimportant, or of little worth.

"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." — Daniel Duane, It’s August. Californians Are Still Skiing. Don’t Ask (2023)

"After all the work I'd done, he gave me a piddling amount of money."

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