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▸ adjective: Having little or no importance.
▸ adjective: Of persons or their behaviour: marked by or reflective of undesirably limited interests, sympathies, or views; begrudging, selfish, small-minded; also, preoccupied with subjects having little or no importance and not mindful of broader concerns.
▸ adjective: (informal) Inclined to cause frustration or annoyance to others out of spite over minor grievances; extremely vindictive.
▸ adjective: (historical) Of or relating to the lowest grade or level of school; junior, primary.
▸ adjective: (obsolete except in set phrases)
▸ adjective: Little or small in size.
▸ adjective: Secondary in importance or rank; minor, subordinate.
▸ noun: (dialectal, euphemistic, informal) An outbuilding used as a lavatory; an outhouse, a privy.
▸ noun: (historical) A class or school for young schoolboys.
▸ noun: (obsolete, chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) A little schoolboy, either in grade or size.
▸ noun: A surname.
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piddling,
piffling,
lowly,
small,
small-minded,
inferior,
footling,
niggling,
narrow-minded,
little,
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