1
as in minor
lacking importance
why spend so much time on trivial decisions, like whether the soda should be regular or diet?
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2
as in slight
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
figured that restaurant customers wouldn't notice such a trivial surcharge on their bill
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Recent Examples of trivial
And again, that's just two cans or pints of beer, which will sound like a trivial amount to many drinkers.
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New Atlas, 28 Feb. 2025
After testing different types of bags without tea inside, the researchers found cotton and nylon bags only adsorbed trivial amounts of contaminants, but cellulose bags worked very well.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 Feb. 2025
And modifiers like variable gravity or variable movement speed have a pretty trivial effect on how the game plays out, at least in the simplistic early test chambers in the demo.
—Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
This random assortment of tasks may seem arbitrary, even trivial.
—Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
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New Atlas, 28 Feb. 2025
After testing different types of bags without tea inside, the researchers found cotton and nylon bags only adsorbed trivial amounts of contaminants, but cellulose bags worked very well.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 Feb. 2025
And modifiers like variable gravity or variable movement speed have a pretty trivial effect on how the game plays out, at least in the simplistic early test chambers in the demo.
—Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
This random assortment of tasks may seem arbitrary, even trivial.
—Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trivial
Adjective
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The cab driver suffered minor back and neck injuries in the crash and claimed Zangrilli was drunk but the responding officer sent the inspector on his way, telling the cabbie to file an accident report at an NYPD precinct.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2025
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According to a statement from the Danville Police Department, the drivers of both vehicles suffered minor injuries, while two other passengers in the truck were unhurt.—
Rick Hurd,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Freud’s notion of remembering, the inexact reiteration of what came before, is where creativity emerges—that slight drift from the original that lets something unlikely slip in.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
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Sugarcane honey is a concentrated form of sugarcane juice that has a slight licorice taste and a touch of bitterness.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The foyer is often a small space, so a hall tree can be overbearing.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
2 Mar. 2025
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Have a small outdoor space but want to grow some plants and vegetables?—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Howe used four different left-backs last term, mainly fielding Dan Burn there (a nominal centre-back at 6ft 7in/201cm), while Newcastle were the most one-sided team in the league for crosses — over 60 per cent came from the right.—
Liam Tharme,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Out of all of the foreign investment sources that have pumped cash into South Florida real estate, financial institutions, and new businesses over the years, Saudi Arabia is a nation that at best has a nominal presence in the region.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2025
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Very little of that is likely to come from defense cuts.—
Jeremy Lott,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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Without fair elections, an honest media environment and a credible opposition, voters can’t correct their country’s course at the ballot box, providing competitive authoritarian regimes little incentive to do anything but enrich themselves.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But being able to distinguish when things are challenging versus straight-up unhealthy can keep you from spiraling into petty drama and sneaky backstabbing.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
3 Mar. 2025
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On the page, Serafina is an archetypical Williams heroine — a woman who feels the world too deeply and is therefore brutalized by its harsh truths and petty cruelties (e.g. Maggie the Cat, Blanche DuBois, Amanda Wingfield).—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But that’s not because the work of the public sector itself is unimportant.—
Adam Chandler,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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Council President Joe LaCava defended the city’s focus on something so relatively unimportant compared to closing a $258 million deficit that is expected to require substantial budget cuts.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Screenings for unrelated conditions can pick up thyroid nodules that are technically cancerous but asymptomatic or clinically insignificant.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
25 Feb. 2025
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What does that look like in what some would be considered as insignificant as a candle?—
Lisa Vernon Sparks,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Trivial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trivial. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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