Niggle

Definitions

1. A minor complaint or problem.
2. Small, cramped handwriting.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“The Olympic medal contender's back problem has been described as a "niggle" by the head coach, Charles van Commenee, but Porter's friend and former team-mate Danielle Carruthers revealed that the injury is playing on the Briton's mind⟳.”

“He declared that it would take⟳ until the early New Year for all the faults and niggles to be ironed out, and that the rest⟳ of 2019 would be deemed to be a 'bedding in' period.”

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