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adjective
- 1. unimportant or trivial: "a trifling sum"
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The meaning of TRIFLING is lacking in significance or solid worth. How to use trifling in a sentence.
TRIFLING definition: 1. A trifling matter or amount of money is small or not important: 2. A trifling matter or amount…. Learn more.
2 meanings: 1. insignificant or petty 2. frivolous or idle.... Click for more definitions.
Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, nor is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent. But these figures are trifling compared with those at the end of the middle ages. Although iron, copper, coal and lignite are worked, the mineral wealth is trifling.
Definition of trifling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Trifling definition: of very little importance; trivial; insignificant. See examples of TRIFLING used in a sentence.
1. of very little importance; trivial; insignificant. a trifling matter. 2. of small value, cost, or amount. a trifling sum. 3. frivolous; shallow; light. trifling conversation.
If something is trifling it's really unimportant, of no consequence — "a trifling detail." Everything is relative, of course, and what might appear trifling to one person may take on deep importance for another. Clues are classically trifling things.
Define trifling. trifling synonyms, trifling pronunciation, trifling translation, English dictionary definition of trifling. adj. 1. Of little worth or importance. See Synonyms at trivial. 2. Frivolous or foolish: "Mr. Knightly ... is not a trifling, silly young man" ....
A trifle is something that's totally unimportant. If your friend is freaking out over which poster to buy and you call her dilemma a trifle, you're saying she shouldn't get so worked up over nothing. Trifle comes from the Middle English trufle, meaning "fraud, joke, trick."
