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/ˈtɹaɪfliŋ/
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ˈtɹaɪfliŋ
Adjective
Trivial, or of little importance.
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[…] It is not ſo decorous in reſpect of God, that he ſhould αὐτουργεῖν ἅπαντα [autourgeîn hápanta], ſet his ovvn hand as it vvere to every vvork, and immediately do all the meaneſt and triflingſt things himſelf drudgingly, vvithout making uſe of any inferior or ſubordinate Miniſters.
However, upon a ſtrict Review, I blotted out ſeveral Paſſages of leſs Moment which were in my firſt Copy, for fear of being cenſured as tedious and trifling, whereof Travellers are often, perhaps not without Juſtice, accuſed.
Trifling, apparently, was the circumstance that led to the restoration of Charles. But there is nothing really little or trifling in the government of God.
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He complains more and more frequently that the state apparatus is expanding indefinitely without need and at the same time is incapable of getting anything done, that everything is muddie and red tape, that civil servants refer the most trifling questions to high party officials, and so on.
[…] it doesn't take him long to make any of them, and he sells them for some trifling sum of money.
Frivolous.
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For, really, as it is a trifling Age, ſo nothing but Trifles are valued in it. Men read none but trifling Authors, purſue none but trifling Amusements, and contend for none but trifling Opinions. A trifling Fellow is prefer'd, a trifling Woman admir'd.
Good-for-nothing; shady or lazy; scrub.
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You trifling good for nothin’ type of brother.
My hand was aching to slap that silly heifer. I told her to take her trifling ass down to Burger King and get herself a job flipping burgers […]
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"To hell with that trifling nigga!", and "You deserved every bad thing you got!"
After all my loyalty of not letting Ice Mike['s] hoes choose me when I didn't even have any hoes[, he let one of mine abandon me]. Now I needed some support to keep this trifling hoe focused on getting bond money to get me out of jail.
Noun
The act of one who trifles; frivolous behaviour.
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He writes on the principle, of course, that in one's dotage we are privileged to return to the triflings of our infancy, and that Downing Street cannot be better employed in these days than as a chapel of ease to Eton.
Adjective
not worth considering
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he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost
piffling efforts
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a trifling matter
Noun
the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working