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Adjective: trivial  tree-vee-ul
  1. [informal] Small and of little importance
    "a trivial sum of money";
    - fiddling [informal], footling [informal], lilliputian [informal], little [informal], niggling [informal], piddling [informal], piffling [informal], petty [informal], picayune [N. Amer, informal], niggly [informal], piddly [informal]
     
  2. Of little substance or significance
    "only trivial objections";
    - superficial
     
  3. Concerned with trivialities
    "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind"

See also: frivolous, insignificant, unimportant

Encyclopedia: Trivial