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Frivolous vs Piddling - What's the difference?

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Frivolous is a related term of piddling.


As adjectives the difference between frivolous and piddling

is that frivolous is silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner while piddling is insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.

As a verb piddling is

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frivolous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.
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  • * Factcheck.org[http://www.factcheck.org/article133.html]:
    • One of the major cost drivers in the delivery of health care are these junk and frivolous lawsuits.
  • Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight.
  • In litigation, a lawsuit filed by a party who is aware the claim is without merit and has no reasonable prospect of success because of a lack of supporting legal or factual basis.

    • Derived terms

    * frivolent * frivolously * frivolousness

    Related terms

    * frivol * frivolity

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    piddling

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.
    • After all the work I'd done, he gave me a piddling amount of money.
    The ignoble hucksterage of piddling tithes. — Milton.

    Verb

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