trifle (away)

verb

Definition of trifle (away)next
as in to spend
to use up carelessly trifled away his hard-earned professional respect with a single act of plagiarism

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trifle (away)
  1. spend
  2. lose
  3. run through
Verb
  • Successful candidates will then be invited to spend a day at the bank’s offices where they are tested on banking regulation, their use of AI, and their ability to build calculations.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The Finnish Government has granted Posiva Oy an operating license for the world’s first permanent underground repository for spent nuclear fuel.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of spend
Verb
  • Meta Platforms, which is pushing its Muse AI agent, lost 7% after reporting stronger revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected, though its profit fell short.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The distance between pilot and production is where a lot of companies are losing footing.
    — Chris Koehler, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of lose
Verb
  • Why Anthropic’s own gap between product and go-to-market is the template every enterprise will run through in the next thirty-six months.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Royal blue details run through the entryway and hallway, berry red dominates the kitchen, and the living room is lighter in tone.
    — Valentina Lonati, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of run through
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“Trifle (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trifle%20%28away%29. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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