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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (informal) small and of little importance;
- Example: "a fiddling sum of money"
- Example: "a footling gesture"
- Example: "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
- Example: "a little (or small) matter"
- Example: "a dispute over niggling details"
- Example: "limited to petty enterprises"
- Example: "piffling efforts"
- Example: "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
[syn: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Niggling \Nig"gling\, a.
   1. petty, trivial, or inconsequential.
      [PJC]

   2. Excessively demanding of time or attention; as, niggling
      little details.
      [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

niggling \nig"gling\, n.
   Finicky or pottering work; specif. (Fine Arts), Minute and
   very careful workmanship in drawing, painting, or the like,
   esp. when bestowed on unimportant detail.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Niggle \Nig"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Niggled; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Niggling.] [Dim. of Prov. E. nig to clip money; cf. also
   Prov. E. nig a small piece.]
   To trifle with; to deceive; to mock. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

niggling
    adj 1: (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" [syn: fiddling, footling, lilliputian,
           little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty,
           picayune, trivial]