nontrivial

adjective

non·​triv·​i·​al ˌnän-ˈtri-vē-əl 

1

: not trivial : significant, important

a small but nontrivial amount

… engineering a power plant around the technology is a nontrivial problem.

—John Fleck

2

mathematics : having the value of at least one variable or term not equal to zero

a nontrivial solution

Examples of nontrivial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In other cases, these sequences are more meaningful, a type of structure called nontrivial, or complex, compositionality. —Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025

This conversion of data was nontrivial at the time. —IEEE Spectrum, 22 June 2017

The Democratic Party holds a nontrivial number of seats in Congress and state legislatures and controls many gubernatorial and mayoral offices. —Laura Gamboa, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2025

To borrow from the lexicon of Silicon Valley, the USA’s position on AI is ‘nontrivial’ but perhaps more ‘antifragile’ than perennially dominant and resilient. —London Business School, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for nontrivial

• convivial
• trivial