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Adjective : a trifling matter. ,a trifling sum. ,trifling conversation. From Dictionary.com.
What you call trifling was the most fun Angela and them have had all year. From Wordnik.com. [Dreams From My Father]
One incident, if never so trifling, is but a link more to chain us to our unchangeable fate. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Days in a Mad-House] Reference
Every new acquirement, however trifling, is an additional resource against poverty and depression of spirits. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother's Book] Reference
He was a boy with strong impulses, and he detested the idea of trifling with them. From Wordnik.com. [One of Ours] Reference
Some wealthy people give from their vast hordes, but I'm guessing those who give more than a trifling are a small percentage. From Wordnik.com. [Big Stars, Big Giving: All next week on American Morning] Reference
I should pardon professed philosophers if they would allow that their wisdom is only trifling, instead of calling their trifling wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4] Reference
Martin stated that his remarks were "trifling" and if he'd ever been in that position he would not have those views. From Wordnik.com. [After standoff, Senate votes to extend jobless benefits] Reference
To me it seemed as if the matter was some kind of trifling incident in his mind and certainly not worth discussing with a kuffar. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
"What does 'trifling' mean, sir?" replied the young man. From Wordnik.com. [The Grain of Dust] Reference
Geithner's plan, the bill won't be so "trifling" any more. From Wordnik.com. [Accuracy In Media] Reference
Arthur caught at the word "trifling;" it seemed to dissipate his fears. From Wordnik.com. [The Channings] Reference
There is a certain kind of trifling, in which a mind not much at eafe can fometimes indulge itfelf. From Wordnik.com. [Julia de Roubigné, by the author of The man of feeling] Reference
He considered it a vagabond kind of trifling, in general, just suited to Tom’s capacity. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit] Reference
We go on, trifling with language that's in use for us. From Wordnik.com. [e] Reference
Forget the few trifling errors and some pop-culture cluelessness. From Wordnik.com. [A Real-Life Renaissance Man] Reference
Surely the subject is no trifling one that can be passed over smoothly. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
But even a brief reading of Despommier's essays reveals a few trifling problems. From Wordnik.com. [Greens living in ivory towers now want to farm them too] Reference
The issue of competition gets less publicity, but it's hardly a trifling matter. From Wordnik.com. [Even if the banking commission is just to keep Vince Cable quiet, that doesn't mean it's a waste of time] Reference
She found therein related, down to the most trifling details, their first meeting. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
His friend evidently feared that she was only trifling with him and would break his heart. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Up—and Older—With Our Pets] Reference
On good days (read, lucky days) they may only be minor slips of spelling or trifling fact. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About The Truth] Reference
Suddenly, my political views and biases seem far less trifling than they did a few days before. From Wordnik.com. [A Father’s Further Review] Reference
They come in all guises, from trifling microbes to towering trees, from the mosquito to the mongoose. From Wordnik.com. [Attack Of the Aliens] Reference
Mr. Zell conveniently invested only a trifling amount of money (for him) and had very little to lose. From Wordnik.com. [Zell's Deal May Now Smell, but ESOPs Are Legitimate] Reference
She was convinced by innumerable trifling signs that the Contessina still doubted, and then she concluded. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Brazil's economy grew a trifling 1.6 percent last year, and barely 2.3 percent annually over the last eight. From Wordnik.com. [Tears Of Joy] Reference
It concerns itself, not chiefly with higher questions, but often with matters of the most trifling character. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
A few weeks after the events just related, another trifling occurrence brought me into collision with the Abbess. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Martha's minimalist defense was supposed to signal that the prosecution's case was too weak to bother trifling with. From Wordnik.com. [Martha's Fall] Reference
Friendship cannot exist within the walls of a convent, for no one can be trusted, even with the most trifling secret. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
A second shudder seized her as she was arranging the trifling objects, so keen, so chilly, so that time that she paused. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He thus almost forgot the trifling circumstance which had made him uneasy, and which he thought might after all have only been. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Russia spent a trifling 3 million rubles advertising the country abroad last year -- nearly three times less than tiny Slovenia. From Wordnik.com. [Not Quite Paradise] Reference
"Ah, reverend father! how you have afflicted me by seeming to take in ill part the trifling pleasantries which I said to you just now.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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