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UK
/nˈɪɡlɪŋ/
]
ADJECTIVE
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(informal) small and of little importance
our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
a little (or small) matter
limited to petty enterprises
a fiddling sum of money
piffling efforts
piffling efforts
a footling gesture
a dispute over niggling details
How To Use niggling In A Sentence
- Do you have a niggling worry that you may have osteoporosis? Times, Sunday Times
- But before you begin, make sure you are fully warmed up and have no injuries or niggling pain. The Sun
- I've got a niggling back injury and it's a good chance to rest. The Sun
- Arthur is equivocal about whether Kallis 'absence may be a boost for opponents themselves beset by a collection of' niggling 'injuries. ECB Latest News
- She hears it every day, niggling and nagging in the back of her mind, reminding her that she failed.
- But I've always got something in me niggling. The Sun
- Somehow niggling at my brain is this apartment as a metaphor for the Korean Way of Doing Things.
- When a great new revolutionary idea hits the public, there are always doubters, raising niggling ifs and buts.
- a dispute over niggling details
- When a great new revolutionary idea hits the public, there are always doubters, raising niggling ifs and buts.