Definitions for trivial
ˈtrɪv i əltriv·ial

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivialadjective

   (informal) small and of little importance

   "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

2. superficial, trivialadjective

   of little substance or significance

   "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"

3. trivialadjective

   concerned with trivialities

   "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. trivialadjective

   Of little significance or value.

2. trivialadjective

   Common, ordinary.

3. trivialadjective

   Concerned with or involving trivia.

4. trivialadjective

   Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.

5. trivialadjective

   Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case.

6. trivialadjective

   Self-evident.

7. trivialadjective

   Pertaining to the trivium.

8. trivialadjective

   Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity.

9. Etymology: From trivialis, from trivium. Compare trivium, trivia.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trivialnoun

   Etymology: trivial, Fr. trivialis, Lat.

   1. Vile; worthless; vulgar; such as may be picked up in the highway.

   Be subjects great, and worth a poet’s voice,
   For men of sense despise a trivial choice. Wentworth Dillon.

   2. Light; trifling; unimportant; inconsiderable. This use is more frequent, though less just.

   This argues conscience in your grace,
   But the respects thereof are nice and trivial,
   All circumstances well considered. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   See yon mad fools, who, for some trivial right,
   For love, or for mistaken honour, fight. Dryden.

   Were they only some slight and trivial indiscretions, to which the example of the world exposed us, it might perhaps not much concern our religion. John Rogers, Serm.

   In ev’ry work regard the writer’s end;
   And if the means be just, the conduct true,
   Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due. Alexander Pope.

   The ancient poets are like many modern ladies: let an action be never so trivial in itself, they always make it appear of the utmost importance. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trivial

   Trivia is information and data that are considered to be of little value. It can be contrasted with general knowledge and common sense.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trivial

   Trivial generally refers to something that is of little value, importance, or significance. It might also refer to a matter or task that is simple, easy, or not requiring much effort or thought.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trivialadjective

   found anywhere; common

2. Trivialadjective

   ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar

3. Trivialadjective

   of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair

4. Trivialadjective

   of or pertaining to the trivium

5. Trivialnoun

   one of the three liberal arts forming the trivium

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Trivial

   triv′i-al, adj. that may be found anywhere, of little importance; trifling: common, vernacular.—v.i. Triv′ialise, to render paltry.—ns. Triv′ialism, a trivial matter or remark; Trivial′ity, the state or quality of being trivial: that which is trivial, a trifle.—adv. Triv′ially.—ns. Triv′ialness; Triv′ium, in medieval schools the name given to the first three liberal arts—viz. grammar, rhetoric, and logic. [L. trivialis, (lit.) 'at the cross-roads or public streets'—trivium, a place where three ways meet—tres, three, via, a way.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trivial

   1. Too simple to bother detailing. 2. Not worth the speaker's time. 3. Complex, but solvable by methods so well known that anyone not utterly cretinous would have thought of them already. 4. Any problem one has already solved (some claim that hackish trivial usually evaluates to “I've seen it before”). Hackers' notions of triviality may be quite at variance with those of non-hackers. See nontrivial, uninteresting.The physicist Richard Feynman, who had the hacker nature to an amazing degree (see his essay “Los Alamos From Below” in Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!), defined trivial theorem as “one that has already been proved”.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trivial

   applied to a name, means specific as opposed to generic, or popular as opposed to technical.

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Anagrams for trivial »

1. vitrail

How to pronounce trivial?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of trivial in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of trivial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of trivial in a Sentence

1. Jay Olson:

   Although the effects appear to be robust, this is a single study and the effects are somewhat small, amounting to a difference in one or two ideas between the groups. How much impact this has would depend on the company : It could range from a trivial difference to a massive compounding effect, i wouldn't want to see a company double their in-person meetings hoping to improve their innovation, if this also means doubling the commute time resulting in less happy -- and perhaps less creative -- employees.

2. Albert Einstein:

   We pride ourselves on nothing but the courage to be trivial. For a person is simple in his striving for truth, and it is honest to admit this openly.

3. Jonathan Feeney:

   These are significant streams of cash flow to these companies, it's not trivial for them to say 'OK we'll just do this ourselves.'.

4. Richard Feynman, Letter to Koichi Mano:

   No problem is too small or too trivial if we can really do something about it.

5. Gavin Ashenden:

   The idea that people are so trivial that they can be almost tricked into a search for God by entertaining them with a golf course is a serious-category error.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=trivial
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Trivial
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=trivial
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivial
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trivial
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=trivial
8. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Trivial
9. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=trivial
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=trivial