the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. petty, trivial, or inconsequential.
adj. Excessively demanding of time or attention.
n. Finicky or pottering work
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Finicking, fussy, or over-elaborate work.
Mean; contemptible.
Finicking; fussy.
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adj. (informal) small and of little importance
Word Usage
"There was much less dish in the afternoon's testimony, and lots of the same kind of niggling that has made the defense so unpopular with the audience."