piffling
UKpifliŋ
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Derived from the verb 'piffle' which means to talk or act in a trivial or foolish manner.
مثال
- Don't bother me with such piffling matters.
- He dismissed the issue as a piffling concern.
- The company wasted time on piffling details instead of focusing on the main project.
ترکیبهای رایج
Piffling matters Piffling details Piffling concerns Piffling excuses
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- (informal) small and of little importance “a fiddling sum of money” “a footling gesture” “our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war” “a little (or small) matter” “a dispute over niggling details” “limited to petty enterprises” “piffling efforts” “giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction”