US /ˈpɪflɪŋ/ UK /ˈpɪflɪŋ/
adj Freq #183959

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    (informal) small and of little importance

    Earthly marriages are piffling in comparison with that ceremony.

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Synonyms
1 adj · (informal) small and of... little

Etymology

From piffle ("nonsense; to talk or act ineffectually") + -ing. Piffle is an expressive nineteenth-century formation of uncertain origin.

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