1
as in minor
lacking importance
why spend so much time on trivial decisions, like whether the soda should be regular or diet?
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2
as in slight
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
figured that restaurant customers wouldn't notice such a trivial surcharge on their bill
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Recent Examples of trivial
Something as trivial as missing a meeting or forgetting to report a change of address becomes the reason they’re denied a fresh start.
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Robert Melvin, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2025
The loophole was called de minimis, which is Latin for something trivial and insignificant.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 2 May 2025
Tinashe is in the same league as other artists, like Kane Brown, who won’t let something as trivial as a major tour get in the way of playing Call of Duty.
—Jonathan Zavaleta, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2025
Certainly, some of the inquiries into Bolsonaro are for trivial offenses.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Robert Melvin, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2025
The loophole was called de minimis, which is Latin for something trivial and insignificant.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 2 May 2025
Tinashe is in the same league as other artists, like Kane Brown, who won’t let something as trivial as a major tour get in the way of playing Call of Duty.
—Jonathan Zavaleta, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2025
Certainly, some of the inquiries into Bolsonaro are for trivial offenses.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trivial
Adjective
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In some cases, lawyers said students had their legal statuses altered for minor traffic violations, such as unpaid parking tickets.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Nina and Jim are forced to work overtime to re-center key story components that get lost amid more minor twists and turns.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Add slight tweaks to his pre-pitch charge and compression, Blue Jays hitting coach David Popkins said, and Varsho now works above and down to the ball.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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However, at some point while walking the red carpet on Saturday, May 17, the two got mixed up in slight blunder when the Twilight star, 39, ended up standing on top of his costar's elegant Dior gown that, according to Vogue, took 250 hours to create.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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The second season of HBO's zombie smash ends with battles both big and small, a major death, and a time rewind.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
26 May 2025
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To meet rising demand, companies sprang up and began churning out rides – smaller versions for traveling carnivals and larger ones for town squares and amusement parks.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Here’s why: Although technical specifications are still being worked out, the new standard could deliver nominal peak data rates of more than 40Gbps.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 May 2025
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The main question of contemporary cinema isn’t (pace the nominal avant-garde) whether to tell a story but what story to tell, how to tell it, and, for that matter, what a story is.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
20 May 2025
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The musical features a scene about little Sarah making her joke about Jeffrey’s death and no one laughing.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
18 May 2025
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When Carter was little, his mother always included him in her life, as Anderson told PEOPLE in 2016.—
Julie Tremaine,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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Each encounter brings four options for how to beat that opponent, a prime opportunity to make petty jokes.—
Jayna Bardahl,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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As a result, defendants in Colorado’s municipal courts can face much longer sentences than those in state court for the same petty offenses, The Denver Post previously found.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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The Liver King considered his steroid use unimportant Johnson built his social media empire by filming increasingly outrageous videos about his lifestyle and diet.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
13 May 2025
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That their team is viewed as unimportant by a league that dotes on its glamour teams, and which never bestows upon Washington through its NBA Lottery the kind of difference-making player who can change the long-term fortunes of the franchise.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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Much like a poinsettia, the actual flower is insignificant, but the surrounding 3 to 6 colorful bracts are spectacular.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
14 May 2025
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With less than 1 in 3 people being comfortable with the use of AI in business, this is not an insignificant number.—
Theodora Lau,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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“Trivial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trivial. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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