piffling

adjective

pif·​fling ˈpi-flən 

-f(ə-)liŋ

: of little worth or importance : trivial

Synonyms

• chicken
• de minimis
• footling
• inconsequential
• inconsiderable
• insignificant
• measly
• Mickey Mouse
• minute
• negligible
• niggling
• no-account
• nominal
• paltry
• peanut
• petty
• picayune
• piddling
• piddly
• pimping
• slight
• trifling
• trivial

Examples of piffling in a Sentence

from his perspective as a billionaire, what the governor got paid was a piffling amount

Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above