1
as in nothing
something of little importance
overlooked such trivialities as haphazardly folded napkins when rating the quality of restaurants
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2
as in negligibility
the quality or state of being unimportant
the only thing the complaints have in common is their undeniable triviality
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Recent Examples of triviality
Both aspired to some kind of soulful, intellectual seriousness at a moment when their work was pulling them toward mass appeal and triviality.
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Liz McNeil, People.com, 16 July 2025
His reinstatement of Rose and Jackson is no exception: History has become an irrelevant triviality — ignored or, even better, forgotten.
—Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 1 June 2025
Never issue false assurances, but don’t dwell on trivialities either.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Yesterday’s pangrams were triviality, trivially and virality.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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Liz McNeil, People.com, 16 July 2025
His reinstatement of Rose and Jackson is no exception: History has become an irrelevant triviality — ignored or, even better, forgotten.
—Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 1 June 2025
Never issue false assurances, but don’t dwell on trivialities either.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Yesterday’s pangrams were triviality, trivially and virality.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triviality
Noun
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When Dana, who, like Virginia, had been successful in writing pleasant but undistinguished nothings—in her case, songs for Billy Rose’s revues—decided to try taking on more serious music by studying with Boulanger, Virginia entered a deep downward spiral.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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Why did her mom press so hard for the littlest of nothings?—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Its relative smallness, however, prevents the initiation of the nuclear processes that could have turned it into a full-fledged star.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Compared to his siblings, Tusche was this tiny, delicate bundle and that smallness was the very first thing that caught my heart.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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Florida has had enough of pettiness, politic stunts and petulance.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Jan. 2026
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The big swings through pettiness are their own form of vulnerability.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Problems shrink into insignificance.—
Shilo Urban,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Nov. 2025
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Her difficulty lay in her distance from the random violence of insignificance.—
Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Triviality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triviality. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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