fiddling

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Verb

1. present participle of fiddle#English|fiddle

   He was fiddling while Rome burned.

Noun

fiddling (plural fiddlings)

1. action of the verb to fiddle
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

     [W]e, her doctors […] seemed powerless to prevent [side-effects], despite all our reassurances, and all our fiddlings and manipulations with the dosage […]

Adjective

1. Of petty or trivial importance; footling

   It was a fiddling little fault, but ultimately proved disastrous.

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