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tri·fling
 trifling
- pronunciation:
- traI
flIng
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of little importance, meaning, or value; slight; trivial.
She was less concerned about the trifling sum he owed her than his presumption that he need not pay her back.a trifling problem- synonyms:
- insignificant, paltry, slight, trivial
- antonyms:
- important, serious, significant
- similar words:
- futile, idle, inconsequential, insubstantial, meaningless, minute, negligible, niggling, nominal, nugatory, petty, picayune, piddling, puny, small, tiny, token, unimportant
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| definition 2: |
idle or frivolous.
some trifling gossip- synonyms:
- frivolous, idle, petty, superficial
- similar words:
- empty, foolish, inane, light, meaningless, shallow, silly, small, vacuous
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| related words: |
flimsy, mean, minor, pitiful, scrub, slight, slim, stingy, surface, useless, vain, vile |
| derivation: |
triflingly (adv.) |
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