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  • adjective informal Small, inconsequential, or not worth spending time on.

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Examples

  • What is "piddly" to you is very, very meaningful to millions of Americans and tens of thousands of American soldiers.

    Hillary: Caucusing Isn't Easy ��� For Women 2009

  • The curmudgeon felt their initial routine was too lackluster and "piddly" so he gives them a good ol 'kick in the butt, metaphorically speaking, of course.

    Reality TV Calendar Headlines 2009

  • The curmudgeon felt their initial routine was too lackluster and "piddly" so he gives them a good ol 'kick in the butt, metaphorically speaking, of course.

    Reality TV Calendar Headlines 2009

  • Many of the president's initiatives combine grand visions with proposed changes or appropriations that are best described by the technical social science terms "piddly" and

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here greenpagan 2009

  • In any case, there's nothing "piddly" about this anymore.

    Reality TV Calendar Headlines 2009

  • In any case, there's nothing "piddly" about this anymore.

    Reality TV Calendar Headlines 2009

  • Or, perhaps more pertinently to my job search, if I see a desktop support position that I think I would be good for, but in which the hiring manager has placed this kind of condition on the position, do you think there might be a way to send in an application and politely tell the guy that my "piddly" A+, Network+, Security+, and MCP are more than sufficient for desktop support and that it makes no sense to be looking for a CCNA?

    Robert X. Cringely's blog 2009

  • Or, perhaps more pertinently to my job search, if I see a desktop support position that I think I would be good for, but in which the hiring manager has placed this kind of condition on the position, do you think there might be a way to send in an application and politely tell the guy that my "piddly" A+, Network+, Security+, and MCP are more than sufficient for desktop support and that it makes no sense to be looking for a CCNA?

    Bill Snyder's blog 2009

  • I meant to write "piddly" not "piffly" but I think I'll keep it)

    forty two 2008

  • The p2p thing is global, which is why the MAFIAA have to keep doing what amount to piddly little trials (and trust me, in the grand scheme of things, trying four guys is piddly).

    The Pirate Bay decision means … nothing 2009

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