Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Trifling; insignificant; twaddling.
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- verb Present participle of
piffle . - adjective
unimportant
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (informal) small and of little importance
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Examples
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Counterfeit goods in South Africa account for a "piffling" amount compared to other countries internationally, SA Revenue
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And in arenas that accommodate many more thousands than the already large, but by comparison piffling, Foxwoods, nuances like refined acting and literate lyrics -- those possibly to-be-forgotten pluses of one-time Broadway -- mean less to viewers than audacious flying, lighting and sound effects.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Turns Off the Past David Finkle 2011
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I scoff at their 2,000 books, Litlove, and I look forwarding to your singlehandedly dismantling this piffling prediction.
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The first of those sets lasted a piffling 27 minutes, featured a break of Tsonga's serve in the opening game and otherwise required Federer to call on no more energy than he must expend sitting in chairs with an enigmatic expression on his face for those Credit Suisse advertisements.
Fed Express Fails to Deliver Giles Smith 2011
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And in arenas that accommodate many more thousands than the already large, but by comparison piffling, Foxwoods, nuances like refined acting and literate lyrics -- those possibly to-be-forgotten pluses of one-time Broadway -- mean less to viewers than audacious flying, lighting and sound effects.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Turns Off the Past David Finkle 2011
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Indeed, it wanted just a piffling 3% or so for its trouble.
Are These Havens Really the Safest Places to go? David Cottle 2011
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The movie I mention above was mostly bad, but I think the part about the publicist with the hot stars as clients and how badly magazines suck up to them must be painfully close to how things are at EW with these sickeningly overexposed piffling talents who shall not be mentioned by me anymore.
Megan Fox on 'SNL': Will she be funny or crazy? Will you be watching to find out? | EW.com 2009
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And in arenas that accommodate many more thousands than the already large, but by comparison piffling, Foxwoods, nuances like refined acting and literate lyrics -- those possibly to-be-forgotten pluses of one-time Broadway -- mean less to viewers than audacious flying, lighting and sound effects.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Turns Off the Past David Finkle 2011
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So piffling was it that Vega was able to control it with his feet and start a Venezuela attack.
Copa América 2011: Paraguay v Venezuela – as it happened | Jacob Steinberg 2011
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And in arenas that accommodate many more thousands than the already large, but by comparison piffling, Foxwoods, nuances like refined acting and literate lyrics -- those possibly to-be-forgotten pluses of one-time Broadway -- mean less to viewers than audacious flying, lighting and sound effects.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Turns Off the Past David Finkle 2011
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