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trifling

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verb

present participle of trifle

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Recent Examples of trifling
Adjective
And yet the movie’s insularity feels trifling and empty. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024 The cost to find these answers, even in the near term, is relatively trifling. Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2023 Aside from bacteria, the smallest genome belongs to the intestinal parasite Encephalitozoon intestinalis, with a trifling 2.3 billion base pairs. Kirsten Weir, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2011 Growing immunity against the coronavirus, repeatedly reinforced by vaccines and infections, could eventually tame COVID into a sickness as trifling as the common cold or, at worst, one on par with the seasonal flu. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2022 Specific as Ozon’s approach here may be (nothing feels accidental or arbitrary), his lovingly made curio, which often borrows verbatim from its predecessor, comes off a bit tired and trifling. Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022 Bonus: these tweets are usually about the most trifling and hilarious pop culture moments, so ... win win! Danielle Young, The Root, 2 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trifling
Adjective
  • Next to the rivers of food that flood the modern appetite, risotto is a minor tributary.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Areas that are low-lying, already wet or have poor drainage could be at a risk for minor flooding depending on how heavy the rain is this week.
    Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Marcello Hernández turns in an excellent performance as Soto, but overall, there is a slight disjointedness to this cold open, even while resurrecting an iconic character.
    Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • As a result, Goose will always have a slight limp because his leg is now a bit shorter.
    Joy Jackson , Eula Calahan, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Posen went to Los Angeles, flirting with the idea of working in Hollywood.
    Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Looking beyond those guideposts meant flirting with danger — at risk of becoming untethered and lost.
    Rebekah Pahl, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • However, with technology functions playing an increasingly integral role in business growth, other C-level roles have emerged to take on some of the responsibilities.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Some fans say folk purists were booing because Dylan was playing electric, while others say the ruckus was merely over the distorted sound.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Movies about straight relationships are able to run both stars as leads, while movies about gay romance must shunt half the central couple down to supporting, which arguably results in a smaller awards-season profile.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Shaikh said the swap is happening in the food hall's incubator section, where small businesses can get a stall and a six month lease to try out new concepts.
    Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The result of the shift could be a real deal of the century: an abatement of the multipronged conflicts raging in the Middle East, a political horizon and reconstruction for the Palestinians and the Lebanese, and some nominal concessions from Tehran on its nuclear program and regional malfeasance.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Assad retained nominal control of much of the country with Russian, Iranian and Hezbollah assistance.
    Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Half the fun of making these little sweets is unwrapping the mini chocolates.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Bieber assumes little, to no risk in the agreement.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • My understanding has always been that the relic trade is loosely tolerated by the powers that be (many of whom have some pretty choice relics of their own), because one of the sneakiest ways authoritarian societies thrive is by letting their subjects get away with petty rebellions.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • As our profile lays out, the record reveals Billy Wagner as a blustery, bigger-than-life figure who engaged in petty crime and coached his family to do the same.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024

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“Trifling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trifling. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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