trifling
of very little importance; trivial; insignificant: a trifling matter.
of small value, cost, or amount: a trifling sum.
frivolous; shallow; light: trifling conversation.
mean; worthless.
idle or frivolous conduct, talk, etc.
foolish delay or waste of time.
Origin of trifling
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Other words for trifling
Opposites for trifling
Other words from trifling
- tri·fling·ly, adverb
- tri·fling·ness, noun
- un·tri·fling, adjective
- un·tri·fling·ly, adverb
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How to use trifling in a sentence
Others are afraid to lose staff, not a trifling concern considering that frontline workers in the retail and service industries had been leaving jobs at record rates this spring—and lower-income Americans are also most likely to be vaccine-hesitant.
Nearly 4 in 10 US workers say they may quit if their employer doesn’t mandate vaccines | Lila MacLellan | August 10, 2021 | QuartzRevamping thousands of miles of highway with high-tech charging equipment is obviously no trifling matter, though, and so far progress has been slow.
Magnetizable Concrete in Roads Could Charge Electric Cars While You Drive | Edd Gent | August 9, 2021 | Singularity HubWhat's the point of tacking on some trifling symbolic punishment to their deep anguish?
The Flagstaff fire, though a trifling 300 acres, threatened Boulder and activated a top-level fire team.
Colorado Blazes Remind Us That National Policy on Fire Needs a Fix | Stephen J. Pyne | June 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAround the globe, people are barely coping, politicians are ignoring them, and the media are trifling with them.
Leslie H. Gelb on a World in Crisis—and What Obama Should Do | Leslie H. Gelb | December 14, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
I follow F. mainly, and note all but very trifling variations from it.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThen, in heaven's name, do not put such a noble creature as Doa Inez on a level with a mere little trifling coquette.
But all these inconveniences are comparatively trifling; the greatest amount of annoyance begins towards the end of the voyage.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThe Violin is an instrument which, though small and of trifling original cost, has yet commanded most extraordinary prices.
Violins and Violin Makers | Joseph PearceHe was occupied with one trifling account for half the day, and did not finish it at last.
British Dictionary definitions for trifling
/ (ˈtraɪflɪŋ) /
insignificant or petty
frivolous or idle
Derived forms of trifling
- triflingly, adverb
- triflingness, noun
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