Read the dictionary definition of piddling. All definitions for this word.
1. (informal) small and of little importance
1. a fiddling sum of money
2. a footling gesture
3. our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
4. a little (or small) matter
5. a dispute over niggling details
6. limited to petty enterprises
7. piffling efforts
8. giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction