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Meaning of 'trivial' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Trivial [ a.]
- Found anywhere; common.
- Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar.
- Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair.
- Of or pertaining to the trivium.
2 . Trivial [ n.]
- One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.

Meaning of 'trivial' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . trivial [ s]
Meaning (1):
- (informal) small and of little importance
Example in sentence:
  • a dispute over niggling details;
  • a fiddling sum of money;
  • a footling gesture;
  • a little (or small) matter;
  • giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction;
  • limited to petty enterprises;
  • our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war;
  • piffling efforts
Meaning (2):
- of little substance or significance
Example in sentence:
  • a few superficial editorial changes;
  • only trivial objections
Meaning (3):
- concerned with trivialities
Example in sentence:
  • a trivial mind;
  • a trivial young woman

Nearby Words:

tri- tri/cia tri/cious triable triableness triacid triacle triacontahedral triaconter triad

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