piddly

ADJECTIVE

meager, trivial

Synonyms

WEAK

barren deficient diddly flimsy inconsiderable insubstantial insufficient little measly mere microscopic minute negligible paltry petty puny rinky-dink scant scrimpy short skimpy slight small sparse superficial too little too late two-bit unproductive worthless

Example Sentences

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This is a column about an investment of less than $1 million by a piddly little pension fund.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

A company that was worth more than $1 trillion on Wednesday was worth a piddly $892 billion on Thursday.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

Dominick’s payout by 2008, when he was fired, cannot have been piddly.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

So the absence of my baseball weekend money is a piddly backwash in the tide of wealth that’s engulfing Florida.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2023

The city of Madison sprawls between two lakes, Lake Mendota and Lake Monona, and dribbling out of these are other piddly lakes.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech