trifling's Usage Examples:

children"s games, ἄθυρμα — associated with the idea of the trifling, the nugatory, ἀγών — for matches and contests.

His hearers soon understood that there was nothing rash or inconsiderate in his words, nothing light or trifling, nothing for show or merely to attract attention to the speaker, that the message – not himself – was his concern…”The Andrew Hunter House, a house he lived in, is near Bryant, Arkansas, built in c.

the 1858 Dictionary of Photography, which called the process "somewhat trifling and childish.

(vana) means "empty, idle or worthless", but said by the authors to mean "trifling, referring to the non-showy appearance of the plant".

not forgive me for not being afraid of him: I seemed to be trifling heartlessly with a deadly peril.

no revenue can of course be received; and sometimes, when the duty is inordinately high, the amount of revenue becomes gradually trifling.

symbolism as cases of parallelomania which exaggerate the importance of trifling resemblances.

"Seized with a vertigo of indiscriminating vengeance, the powers are trifling with the peace of the world.

trifling sum for the chance of considerable gain .

Lords to hear their judgment on the case he challenged Black Rod on a trifling point of privilege, delaying the proceedings somewhat, which infuriated.

Durfey condemns the plotless and trifling quality of "Tunbridge Walks," accuses Baker, in reference.

events with all the circumstantiality of an eyewitness, and with all the prolixity of one who is determined to leave nothing untold, however trifling it.

translation of Honoré de Balzac"s La Recherche de l"Absolu: Soon, little colloquies followed, a few words said in a low voice behind Emmanuel"s back, trifling.

Synonyms:

dawdling, delay, holdup, dalliance,

Antonyms:

good, worthy, maximum, maximal, ample,