Nominal awards would trivialise the rights involved. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
We trivialise the important and amplify the trivial. From Wordnik.com. [Strange Attractor » 2009 » May] Reference
I told them that if we explain it, we trivialise it. From Wordnik.com. [Feeling Listless - "Taking the credit for your second symphony."] Reference
However, the Assembly was being asked to trivialise the. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I'm not trying to trivialise that – it's a real issue. From Wordnik.com. [The Technology newsbucket: iPad's killer app, Facebook updated, Xmarks lives! and more] Reference
That really does sound like you want to trivialise marriage. From Wordnik.com. [Confining Beliefs to Defined Domains] Reference
Are they deliberately trying to trivialise this important subject?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
I don't mean to trivialise divorce, of course, but nothing lasts forever. From Wordnik.com. [WoW-nnui] Reference
It is in their nature to trivialise important matters to gain political points. From Wordnik.com. [Dr Delport's comments on the President's Speech at the International Anti-Corruption Conference in Durban] Reference
As I said before, that does not mean I think we should trivialise our moral beliefs. From Wordnik.com. [My World Crumbles . . . « Lean Left] Reference
Who feel that terms like "pansexual" trivialise the identities that they have fought so hard for. From Wordnik.com. [Myths about Bisexuality] Reference
The IFP also criticised "elements who wish to trivialise the differences between the two parties". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
They trivialise anti-Semitism by comparing what actually happened to Palestinians as anti-Semitic. From Wordnik.com. [Is a Play About Gaza Anti-Semitic? Read the Script. - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Without wanting trivialise, atrial fibrillation and other heart complaints have quite a respectable profile. From Wordnik.com. [Really public health « BuzzMachine] Reference
They evade, cover up, deny, make excuses, trivialise… anything to avoid saying the words “I was wrong”. From Wordnik.com. [Dembski Finds the Transcript - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
"They dare to trivialise crime ... because they themselves do not have to endure its effects," Van Schalkwyk said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It can trivialise the very issues it is trying to highlight by offering insultingly simple or unrealistic solutions. From Wordnik.com. [Before I Subject You To Race Hatred, Mr Bond...] Reference
Such actions strengthen an anti-Israeli agenda, trivialise the political issues and nourish an anti-Semitic culture. From Wordnik.com. [so british jews are anti-semitic?] Reference
That, without wishing to trivialise this in any way, is about 57 times as many people as died in the London bombings. From Wordnik.com. [Free Will Goes Missing] Reference
Many might think that in doing so I trivialise the struggles undergone by people of colour under that heinous system. From Wordnik.com. [A Sodomite's Sermon] Reference
And, to be clear, comparing this Iranian revolution to great scenes from great novels isn't meant to trivialise the story. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
But my point in that example is not to demonise but to trivialise, to appropriate the transgressive, the taboo, to my own ends. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
Then, to trivialise the whole Chinese nationalistic pride thing, I'll just pinpoint one guy and say 'Gosh, what film-makers can do!'. From Wordnik.com. [rouflaquette Diary Entry] Reference
But I do care that she choose to trivialise something so huge to make her point, a point she could have made in a million other ways. From Wordnik.com. [Every birth a wanted birth. Oh, really?] Reference
"These reports are malicious and devoid of any truth, and only seek to trivialise important issues raised by the ANCYL in this regard". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
As long as sf continues to trivialise itself and its ambitions, then it will be seen as the province of children and sad nerds in anoraks. From Wordnik.com. [The Survival of Artistic Modes… « It Doesn't Have To Be Right…] Reference
We also trivialise noble animals by disregarding their purpose and reinventing highly effective pest control units as strolling companions. From Wordnik.com. [Dog days for British breeds] Reference
Luckily, the availability of the internet will allow you to completely trivialise the game by playing a perfect round straight off the bat. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
Loath though I am to trivialise this important issue. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
This is not to diminish or trivialise the significance or truth of that story. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Not wishing to trivialise it, but it's one of those "wrong on so many levels" reactions. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
To ignore, marginalise or trivialise him is no longer an appropriate or effective strategy. From Wordnik.com. [signandsight.com] Reference
By doing that, you trivialise the importance of the problem and focus attention away from solutions. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
Western media should not trivialise our issues by focusing only on the way we dress or by our driving rights. From Wordnik.com. [The Asian News - RSS Feed] Reference
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