trifling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtraɪfliŋ/

Adjective

trifling (comparative more trifling, superlative most trifling)

1. trivial, or of little importance
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 234a.

     it doesn't take him long to make any of them, and he sells them for some trifling sum of money.

2. idle or frivolous

Synonyms

• trivial
• inconsequential
• petty
• See also Wikisaurus:insignificant

Related terms

• trifle

Translations

trivial

• Finnish: mitätön (fi)
• French: futile (fr)
• German: unbedeutend (de)
• Italian: insignificante (it)
• Latin: levis (la) m
• Macedonian: неважен (mk) (névažen) m, незначаен (mk) (neznáčaen) m, безначаен (mk) (beznáčaen) m

• Portuguese: trivial (pt), insignificante (pt)
• Romanian: mărunt (ro)
• Russian: пустячный (ru) (pustjačnyj), мелкий (ru) (melkij), незначительный (ru) (neznačitelʹnyj)
• Spanish: trivial (es)

Anagrams

• flirting