triviality

1 something of little importance overlooked such trivialities as haphazardly folded napkins when rating the quality of restaurants Synonyms bagatelle, child's play, frippery, nonproblem, nothing, picayune, shuck(s), small beer, small change, trifleRelated Words naught (also nought), nothingness, smoke, zero; peanuts, pittance, song, straw, two bits; bunk, claptrap, drivel, folly, fribble, fudge, hogwash, humbug, humbuggery, nonsense, piffle, rot, trash, trivia; bit, crumb, dab, dram, lick, mite, ounce, particle, pinhead, scintilla, shred, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), soupçon, speck, spot, tad, touch, trace

2 the quality or state of being unimportant the only thing the complaints have in common is their undeniable triviality Synonyms immateriality, inconsequence, inconsequentiality, inconsiderableness, insignificancy, littleness, negligibility, nullity, pettiness, slightness, smallness, insignificanceRelated Words emptiness, valuelessness, worthlessnessNear Antonyms substance, value, worthAntonyms bigness, consequence, import, importance, magnitude, moment, significance, weight, weightiness