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Examples of trifling
trifling
The issue of competition gets less publicity, but it's hardly a trifling matter.
From the guardian.co.uk
He attacked and drove out the French in confusion with trifling loss to himself.
From the en.wikipedia.org
News International dismisses its own as too trifling to be worth the attention.
From the nzherald.co.nz
And about the issue of redirects and double redirects, that's a trifling issue.
From the en.wikipedia.org
At 77 minutes, it doesn't wear out a deliberately artificial and trifling welcome.
From the washingtontimes.com
Five hundred years later, surgical delivery seems as trifling as tooth extraction.
From the time.com
This trifling place grew to become the 17th-largest U.S. city based on population.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Instead of enjoying the land by escheat, he will only receive a trifling rent.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This may sound trifling, but as soon as you pick it up, you realise it means a lot.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
- Dalliance: the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
- Negligible: not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"
- Trifles is a one-act play by Susan Glaspell. Her short story, "A Jury of Her Peers", was adapted from the play a year after its debut. It was first performed by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre in Provincetown, Massachusetts on August 8, 1916. ...
- Trivial, or of little importance; idle or frivolous
- A cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
- Piddle: waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
- Frivol: act frivolously
- Technicality: a detail that is considered insignificant
- Triviality: something of small importance
