piffling

Brexiteers often summon the memory of Britain’s wartime resilience to indicate that we have what it takes to survive a piffling showdown with the E.U.

His method, exemplified in Memphis, is to highlight an emotive crime, then deploy outrage as a dragnet to sweep up piffling, often nonviolent criminals.

The piffling toad steps away from her and says, “Non capisco! Ha!”

Though it's a piffling amount for most people, will the charge make any difference to our bag use behaviour?

In 2012, it dismissed claims that the comet Elenin was on its way to destroy mankind, calling it a “trail of piffling particles”.