Fiddling
Small
Small adjective - Lacking importance.
Usage example: reluctant to bring such a small matter to the boss's attention
Nearby Word: smallish
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Gone Horribly Right: Vampire-hunter Dame Aedith tests a small box-like device that Agatha has been fiddling with.
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Small Name, Big Ego: Threepio claims that Artoo was only fiddling with some computer during their adventures, while he was doing important diplomatic research.
- A classical worst-case scenario is people fiddling inside the fiddle to adjust the small piece of wood between the outer walls.
Source: Properly Paranoid
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