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Noun: triviality  ,tri-vee'a-li-tee
  1. The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
    - pettiness, slightness, puniness
     
  2. A detail that is considered insignificant
    - trifle
     
  3. Something of small importance
    - trivia, trifle, small beer [informal], picayune [N. Amer, informal], small fry [informal], piddler [informal]

Derived forms: trivialities

Type of: article, detail, item, object, physical object, point, unimportance

Encyclopedia: Triviality