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Definitions in simple English

trivial Adjective

— If something is trivial, it is not important or has no value. Proving that is trivial. — If something is trivial, it is ordinary; it is common.

trivial

— adjective (= fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piffling, petty, picayune) (informal) small and of little importance a fiddling sum of money a footling gesture our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war a little (or small) matter a dispute over niggling details limited to petty enterprises piffling efforts giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction — adjective concerned with trivialities a trivial young woman a trivial mind — adjective (= superficial) of little substance or significance a few superficial editorial changes only trivial objections

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trivial English » English

trifling insignificant unimportant petty paltry minor commonplace small slight little frivolous negligible piddling picayune inconsequential worthless niggling footling fiddling banal ordinary inconsiderable common bitsy potty piffling miscellaneous light indifference immaterial idle useless uninfluential unimpressive unimposing trivia trite superficial stale smashed small-time puny nugatory not amounting to much nickel-and-dime measly meaningless marginal lilliputian indifferency

Topics trivial topics

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Grammar Very Degree

To a small degree

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deficient inappreciably inconsequentially insignificantly lacking lightly limited little low merely moderately negligibly piddling possible puny reasonably relatively slightly somewhat sparingly temperately trivial trivially

Examples trivial examples

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Simple sentences

A straight line is a trivial example of a curve.

Death is not a trivial matter.

Such a trivial thing is out of the question.

Don't bother your parents with such a trivial thing.

Don't worry about such a trivial problem.

That is a trivial problem.

The agitator is inclined to exaggerate trivial matters.

The proof is trivial.

Every non-trivial program has at least one bug.

That's a trivial error.

It is a trivial matter.

Let's not quibble over trivial matters.

The conclusion may seem trivial: Esperanto exists.

Movie subtitles

Unless something happened that'd make your problem seem very trivial.

I find it hard to turn away from the pursuit of human excellence in any form, no matter how trivial.

But these are trivial difficulties.

Well, it's trivial.

Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records that youth and observation copied there.

And for a trivial salary, be fair.

Nothing trivial.

The incident may be too trivial to recall.

Through the infinite reaches of space. the problems of man seem trivial and naive indeed.

Everything, in detail leaving nothing out, however trivial it may seem to you.

The issue itself is rather trivial.

I'd not insult so beautiful a woman by offering her anything so trivial.

It's much too trivial for you to bother reading, sir.

Hold nothing back however trivial it may seem.

Do you insist that a prisoner at the bar produce a witness to every trivial act?

I know so well what it can do to help and heal, and I can't bear to see it used for trivial purposes.

Elementary, my dear fellow, one of the first principles in solving crime is never to disregard anything no matter how trivial.

Oh, I know it sounds vague and trivial compared with..

Nothing trivial, I hope.

Gentlemen, the Empress Mother publicly affronted me, and with it all of us, by regarding the amnesty a trivial formality and continuously perceiving us as enemies.

In your case, this ambition is trivial.

Now I've run away for such a trivial reason.

So this is not a trivial piece of clothing.

It's obviously a mistake, something very trivial.

Missing the visit to just that one Naigi clan is too trivial to worry about.

If you have any problems at all, no matter how trivial they might seem please call me.

Thank you, even if you wanted to speak of trivial topics at the end of this day.

Just the thing I was talking about, the trivial.

You can't distinguish between the trivial and the important.

Pat's life and mine might depend on something as trivial as whether a door was locked or unlocked.

All this trouble for something so trivial.

This is a trivial affair.

It's suddenly trivial, now. You don't agree.

A little civil servant so unsightly a trivial typical Frenchman with nondescript looks suddenly appeared in front of the enemy and chased him into his lair.

Don't worry about something so trivial.

News and current affairs

Chaos theory in mathematics explains such dependency on remote and seemingly trivial initial conditions, and explains why even the extrapolation of apparently precise planetary motion becomes impossible when taken far enough into the future.

Nevertheless, they find that many of our biggest concerns will turn out to be trivial, or even beneficial.

While Obama's first term could not be called a foreign-policy disappointment, his achievements - although not trivial - have been limited.

Bush's response to the issue after it became public shows him to be focused on the trivial and morally reckless about the essential.

Of course, working conditions may be experienced as threatening even when objectively they are not, or trivial symptoms may be interpreted as manifestations of serious illness.

Of course, such a rise would not be a trivial problem.

But in Turkey the headscarf is not seen as a trivial symbol.

This question is not trivial, because the fiscal hair shirt has become the favored article of policy clothing among those who now dictate economic affairs.

Whether he wishes to sing God Save the Queen at public events seems a rather trivial matter.

This is not a trivial point.

These are not trivial benefits.

But the report's fundamental legacy remains: we have inherited a tendency to obsess over misguided remedies for largely trivial problems, while often ignoring big problems and sensible remedies.

It is highly likely that desired health expenditures will be enormous for some things and trivial for others.

It seemed to me a trivial and harmless dictum.

These are hardly trivial amounts, and more renminbi appreciation can be expected in the years to come.

These differences were not trivial.

Like friendships or marriages that break down over seemingly trivial issues that in fact signify fundamental problems, this budget crisis has highlighted a serious flaw in the UK-EU relationship.

PETA was, of course, not arguing that Holocaust victims' fate was banal or trivial.

Given that such a move would imply that China's claim to the islands may have some legitimacy, Abe's possible concession on this point is no trivial matter; it could even mean that he will agree with China to restore the status quo ante.

Whether he wishes to sing God Save the Queen at public events seems a rather trivial matter. The remarkable thing about his brand of leftism is how reactionary it is.

It is highly likely that desired health expenditures will be enormous for some things and trivial for others. This calls for insurance.

This is a trivial but important point that follows from the theory of supply and demand.

On the contrary, the left's return to power appears to be an entirely normal, almost trivial, example of alternation in government.

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