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piddly

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈpɪd.li/
  • UK: /ˈpɪd.əl.i/
  • rhymes with -ɪdəli

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adj

Meaning 1

Small, inconsequential, or not worth spending time on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • Why play those piddly penny slots when you can win big time at the roulette wheel, man?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: base, contemptible, floccinaucinihilipilificatious, foolish, for the birds, futile, frivolous, idle, ignorable, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indifferent, insignificant, like a fart in a windstorm, meager, mean, minor, miserable, negligible, nothingburger, nondescript, null, paltry, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, piddly, pissant, pissass, piteous, pitiful, pointless, silly, simple, slight, ticky-tacky, tin-pot, trifling, trivial, two-bit, unimportant, unweighty, vain, worthless, wretched

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From piddling; see -y.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: maličký — small, of no consequence
  • Russian: ме́лкий (mélkij) — small, of no consequence
  • Russian: копе́ечный (kopéječnyj) — small, of no consequence
  • Russian: ерундо́вый (jerundóvyj) — small, of no consequence
  • Russian: ничто́жный (ničtóžnyj) — small, of no consequence
  • Russian: никчёмный (nikčómnyj) — small, of no consequence
  • Spanish: de chichinabo — small, of no consequence