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
In basic, or trivial, compositionality, the meaning of a phrase is simply the addition of the meaning of its words.
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
This is not a trivial statement, as the phenomenon of belief perseverance, all the more striking when it’s no longer justified, has been studied for a long time.
—David Chauvet, JSTOR Daily, 26 Mar. 2025
This trivial annoyance reminded me of several things.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2025
From trivial to tragic There have been previous Facebook defectors, but none as high-ranking as Wynn-Williams.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
This is not a trivial statement, as the phenomenon of belief perseverance, all the more striking when it’s no longer justified, has been studied for a long time.
—David Chauvet, JSTOR Daily, 26 Mar. 2025
This trivial annoyance reminded me of several things.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2025
From trivial to tragic There have been previous Facebook defectors, but none as high-ranking as Wynn-Williams.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trivial
Adjective
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As mentioned above, taking creatine in higher doses, such as 20 grams per day, may trigger minor side effects like water retention.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
21 Apr. 2025
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Commonly known as Tylenol, it's thought to reduce fever and relieve minor aches and pains by raising your body's pain threshold and regulating your body temperature.—
Andee Tagle,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
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Not when your opponent is spending its each and every waking moment scouring film for even the slightest advantage.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2025
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Five of the Fed’s districts saw slight growth in economic activity, four districts had slight to modest declines and three reported relatively unchanged trends since the central bank’s previous release in early March.—
Melissa Repko,Michael Wayland,Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2025
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In 2022, a consortium of private retirement-plan providers announced a collaboration to boost the portability of small retirement accounts.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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The space consists of two levels—one for dancing and one for dining at small cocktail tables.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Apr. 2025
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Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders are nominal political outsiders, regular critics of the Democratic establishment and proud progressives who are beloved by leftwing base voters — qualities that have advantages in today’s political environment.—
David M. Drucker,
Boston Herald,
11 Apr. 2025
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Some combination of bad staff work and bad judgment on her part led Whitmer to be used as a political prop who lent some nominal bipartisanship to an episode that Democrats would very much like Trump to have sole ownership of.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
11 Apr. 2025
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Obstetricians say, at the end of the day, AFE is really just a product of bad luck, and there's little that can be done to prevent it.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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That the probe fizzled out came as little surprise.—
Jeremy Kohler,
ProPublica,
24 Apr. 2025
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Days later, the California native hopped on X and taunted the Honestly Nevermind producer with a series of petty insults.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The real worry, though, is their kids one day finding everything online—a fear more relatable than petty.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
21 Apr. 2025
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Everything else is unimportant compared to being honest about your love to people.—
David Chiu,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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In future decades and centuries, economic archaeologists will marvel that what was so unimportant was taken so seriously.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Even if the missing evidence is insignificant or duplicative, the prosecutor’s prior statement of readiness is invalidated, the clock is considered to have never stopped, and in many cases has by then run out, and the case is dismissed.—
Mimi Rocah,
New York Daily News,
13 Apr. 2025
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Turkish drone losses in the Middle East in recent months were not insignificant, especially considering the losses spanned at least four indigenous drone types.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Trivial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trivial. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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