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niggling
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Meaning of
'niggling'
(Webster Dictionary)
1 .
Niggling
[
p. pr. & vb. n.
]
- of Niggle
Meaning of 'niggling' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 .
niggling
[
s
]
Meaning (1):
- (informal) small and of little importance
Example in sentence:
a dispute over niggling details;
a fiddling sum of money;
a footling gesture;
a little (or small) matter;
giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction;
limited to petty enterprises;
our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war;
piffling efforts
Nearby Words:
niggard
niggardise
niggardish
niggardliness
niggardly
niggardness
niggardous
niggardship
niggardy
nigged
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