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- DictionaryTriv·i·al/ˈtrivēəl/
adjective
- 1. of little value or importance: "huge fines were imposed for trivial offenses" Similar unimportantinsignificantinconsequentialminorof no/little accountof no/little consequenceof no/little importancenot worth bothering aboutnot worth mentioningincidentalinessentialnonessentialpettytriflingfiddlingpettifoggingfootlingsmallslightlittleinconsiderablenegligiblepaltrynugatorymeaninglesspointlessworthlessidleflimsyinsubstantialinformal:piddlingpifflingpenny-antetwopenny-halfpennynickel-and-dimesmall-borevulgar slang:chickenshitOpposite importantsignificantlife-and-death
- ▪ (of a person) concerned only with trifling or unimportant things. Similar frivoloussuperficialshallowunthinkingempty-headedfeatherbrainedlightweightfoolishsillyOpposite seriousprofound
- ▪ denoting a subgroup that either contains only the identity element or is identical with the given group.
Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘belonging to the trivium’): from medieval Latin trivialis, from Latin trivium (see trivium).
Derivatives
- 1. trivially adverb
- 2. trivialness noun
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