as in nominal
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
there's only a piddly difference in price between the two paintings, so take whichever you prefer
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Recent Examples of piddly
The piddly fines certainly aren’t a deterrent.
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Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
This stole the top spot from 1993, with its piddly 76 days over 100.
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Hayleigh Evans,
The Arizona Republic,
21 Dec. 2024
Byrne is still a United States congressman and that’s no piddly thing.
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Kyle Whitmire,
al,
7 Nov. 2019
This information isn't written in the controller's piddly instruction manual.
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Sam MacHkovech,
Ars Technica,
16 Nov. 2018
After Kilauea's 1924 summit explosions, the volcano entered a decade of piddly rumblings, followed by 18 years of silence.
—
Sophia Yan and Malcolm Ritter,
The Christian Science Monitor,
7 June 2018
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
This stole the top spot from 1993, with its piddly 76 days over 100.
—
Hayleigh Evans,
The Arizona Republic,
21 Dec. 2024
Byrne is still a United States congressman and that’s no piddly thing.
—
Kyle Whitmire,
al,
7 Nov. 2019
This information isn't written in the controller's piddly instruction manual.
—
Sam MacHkovech,
Ars Technica,
16 Nov. 2018
After Kilauea's 1924 summit explosions, the volcano entered a decade of piddly rumblings, followed by 18 years of silence.
—
Sophia Yan and Malcolm Ritter,
The Christian Science Monitor,
7 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piddly
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Los Angeles stretches its NL West lead to 11 games and maintains MLB’s best record as Ohtani’s star power turns Sacramento’s nominal home crowd into a roaring Dodgers road show.
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The model produces outputs within nominal parameters, but those outputs reflect market conditions that are seconds or minutes stale.
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In 2024, roughly 48,800 Americans died by suicide, a slight decrease from the peak of nearly 49,500 deaths in this manner in 2022.
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Matching trousers stayed narrow through the hips before loosening down the leg into a slight flare.
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Even tiny electromagnetic disturbances can disrupt the quantum states that perform calculations, reducing the accuracy and reliability of the system.
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What Uranus will look like Uranus should resemble a tiny greenish star and will appear only about 1/63 as bright as Mars.
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The killing has drawn comparisons to other instances of other Black people who lost their life in cases of accusations of petty criminal offenses, such as the murder of George Floyd.
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Some were petty — like Reese committing a foul against Clark, then jerking her head back, impersonating Clark as a flopper.
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Then, the pandemic reduced the schedule to 60 games and Eddie got a piddling 37%.
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Millions of additional claims are expected to stream in from around the country over the coming weeks, while hiring remains piddling.
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Even with tariff turmoil swirling and adding a not-insignificant degree of confusion and instability to global trade, there have been some crucial bright spots for the textile industry over the past year, in large part because of the protections afforded by USMCA.
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With inflation now at its highest level in three years, wages softening and the potential for an interest rate hike not insignificant, flexibility and access to your funds can feel especially important.
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These statements are not trivial.
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My polite reply to her email doesn't amount to anything more than a trivial note.
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The budget is slightly smaller than the current one, sets aside $14 billion in reserves and contains a paltry menu of tax cuts worth $146 million.
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The free-agent market is paltry at best, so Guerin will likely have to make his mark via trade.
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“Piddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piddly. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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