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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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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But nothings more peaceful than tomorrow to a man going through pain today.—
Becca Longmire,
Peoplemag,
22 Feb. 2024
Noun
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That type of breaking is undisciplined indulgence that is normally meant to terrorize and threaten people and is driven by people who operate from a place of smallness, ego fragility, and fear of their own powerlessness.—
Brené Brown,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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Identify every instance of victim language, limitation beliefs, or smallness thinking.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The paranoia and pettiness between coach and general manager can no longer infect the locker room with Michael Malone and Calvin Booth long since fired.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
21 Oct. 2025
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This week, in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Pam Bondi gave a master class in obfuscation, prevarication, and pettiness.—
John Ficarra,
Air Mail,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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His groundbreaking work reveals how a hidden epidemic of insignificance is quietly eroding engagement, trust, and performance in organizations, and what leaders can do to reverse it.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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“Triviality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triviality. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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