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Niggling has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

A sensation that niggles.

Verb
1

present participle of niggle

Adjective
1

(informal) small and of little importance

"a fiddling sum of money"

"a footling gesture"

"our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"

"a little (or small) matter"

"a dispute over niggling details"

"limited to petty enterprises"

"piffling efforts"

"giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

2

petty

Example Sentences
"a fiddling sum of money" adjective
"a footling gesture" adjective
"our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war" adjective
"a little (or small) matter" adjective
"a dispute over niggling details" adjective
"limited to petty enterprises" adjective
"piffling efforts" adjective
"giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" adjective
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