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niggling
adjective
(informal) small and of little importance
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adjective
(informal) small and of little importance
“A fiddling sum of money”
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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
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