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trifling
[trahy-fling]
adjective
of very little importance; trivial; insignificant.
a trifling matter.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms:of small value, cost, or amount.
a trifling sum.
Synonyms: ,frivolous; shallow; light.
trifling conversation.
mean; worthless.
noun
idle or frivolous conduct, talk, etc.
foolish delay or waste of time.
trifling
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adjective
insignificant or petty
frivolous or idle
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- triflingly adverb
- triflingness noun
- untrifling adjective
- untriflingly adverb
- ˈ³Ù°ù¾±´Ú±ô¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â adverb
- ˈ³Ù°ù¾±´Ú±ô¾±²Ô²µ²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Frankly, the more trifling the crime, the better this franchise’s comedy aspirations would work.
"A piece about alienation might feel very trifling next to a piece about gun violence in some ways," said Yuval Sharon, who directed the original production.
To state the obvious, the big picture is all this is trifling and academic because the government won by a million miles, with a majority of 120.
“Whether the special counsel’s office was ‘established by Law’ is not a trifling technicality,†he wrote.
The arguments that advocates cited in a Jan. 8 story by my colleague, education reporter Howard Blume, are well-meaning but trifling.
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