What does trifling mean?
Definitions for trifling
ˈtraɪ flɪŋtri·fling
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Princeton's WordNet
dalliance, dawdling, triflingadjective
the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
negligible, paltry, triflingadjective
not worth considering
"he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"
Wiktionary
triflingadjective
trivial, or of little importance
triflingadjective
idle or frivolous
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Triflingadjective
Wanting worth; unimportant; wanting weight.
Etymology: from trifle.
To a soul supported with an assurance of the divine favour, the honours or afflictions of this life will be equally trifling and contemptible. John Rogers, Sermons.
ChatGPT
trifling
Trifling generally refers to something that is considered insignificant, trivial, or of minor importance. It can also describe something or someone that is unimportant, frivolous, superficial, or has little value or worth.
Webster Dictionary
Trifling
of Trifle
Triflingadjective
being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair
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Anagrams for trifling »
flirting
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of trifling in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of trifling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of trifling in a Sentence
Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions... that laws were like cobwebs, --for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off.
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds; and they must be tolerated in an admixture of it in some trifling or enthusiastic shape or other; else you will deprive weak minds of a resource found necessary to the strongest.
Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.
Fashon is the abortive issue of vain ostentation and exclusive egotism it is haughty, trifling, affected, servile, despotic, mean and ambitious, precise and fantastical, all in a breath -- tied to no rule, and bound to conform to every whim of the minute.
False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils except destruction.
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Translations for trifling
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- insignificantCatalan, Valencian
- unbedeutendGerman
- insignificante, trivialSpanish
- بی اهمیتPersian
- mitätönFinnish
- insignifiant, futileFrench
- insignificanteItalian
- שׁHebrew
- 些細Japanese
- levisLatin
- неважен, незначаен, безначаенMacedonian
- insignificante, trivialPortuguese
- neînlăturat, măruntRomanian
- пустячный, мелкий, незначительныйRussian
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