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trifling
adjective
: having little value or importance
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First Known Use of TRIFLING
1535
Related to TRIFLING
- Synonyms
- fiddling, foolish, frivolous, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, Mickey Mouse, minor, minute, negligible, nugatory, slight, small, small-fry, unimportant, trivial
- Antonyms
- big, consequential, eventful, important, major, material, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, unfrivolous, weighty
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TRIFLING Defined for Kids
trifling
adjective tri·fling \ˈtrī-fliŋ\
Definition of TRIFLING for Kids
1
: not serious : frivolous <He worries about trifling details.>
2
: of little value <We paid a trifling amount.>
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