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Trifling

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of slight worth or importance. See Synonyms at trivial.

adj. Frivolous or idle.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. trivial, or of little importance

adj. idle or frivolous

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act or conduct of one who trifles, in any sense.

Inclined to trifle; lacking depth or earnestness; shallow; frivolous; idle; vain.

Trivial; unimportant; insignificant; slight; small.

Good-for-nothing; worthless; mean.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. not worth considering

n. the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

Word Usage

"The fainting fits which had twice alarmed Lucia, and which she spoke of as trifling and temporary indispositions, she herself knew perfectly well to be only one of the symptoms of a firmly-rooted and increasing disease."

Equivalent

worthless

Antonym

earnest sincere

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

holdup delay

Cross Reference

frivolous play

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

trivial paltry foolish idler silly

Verb Stem

trifle

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

rifling stifling