trivial

[US]/ˈtrɪviəl/
[UK]/ˈtrɪviəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. insignificant, petty; insignificant in significance or impact; of little importance

Phrases & Collocations

trivial matter

trivial details

trivial pursuit

trivial conversation

trivial complaint

trivialize the issue

trivial task

trivial concern

trivial matters

Example Sentences

trivial and unimportant details.

I will not labor you with trivial matters.

pettifogging about a trivial clause in a contract.

There are a few trivial slips in this lesson.

its common trivial name is citric acid.

A trivial misunderstanding caused a breach between them.

Don't get impatient about trivial thing like that.

a dry lecture filled with trivial details.

She works herself up about the most trivial things.

huge fines were imposed for trivial offences.

He often dissipated his energies in trivial matters.

The quarrel was only about a trivial matter, but it was years before they made it up.

he has published little, trivial things which he will not own.

You have grossly magnified a trivial situation.See Synonyms at exaggerate

The incessant hurry and trivial activity of daily life seem to prevent, or at least, discourage quiet and intensive thinking.

They had been quite good friends for years, until they fell out about some trivial matter.

He became interested in the idea he terned(termed )"vital few and trivial many.

Orwell feared we would become a captive culture.Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy.

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