trivial
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(informal) small and of little importance "a fiddling sum of money","a footling gesture","our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war","a little (or small) matter","a dispute over niggling details","limited to petty enterprises","piffling efforts","giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" -
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concerned with trivialities "a trivial young woman","a trivial mind" -
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of little substance or significance "a few superficial editorial changes","only trivial objections"
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Found anywhere; common. -
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Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair. "The trivial round, the common task." -
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Of or pertaining to the trivium. -
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One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. -
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Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar. "As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial , and incapable of labor."
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Such as may be found everywhere; commonplace; ordinary; vulgar. -
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Trifling; insignificant; of little worth or importance; paltry. -
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Occupying one's self with trifles; trifling. -
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Of or pertaining to the trivium, or the first three liberal arts—grammar, rhetoric, and logic; hence, initiatory; rudimentary. -
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In zoology and botany: Common; popular; vernacular; not technical: noting the popular or familiar names of animals or plants, as distinguished from the technical New Latin names. -
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Specific; not generic: noting what used to be called the nomen triviale—that is, the second or specific term in the binomial technical name of an animal or a plant, such terms being often adopted or adapted from a popular name or epithet. Thus, in the several designations Homo sapiens, Felis leo, Mus muscutus, Rosa canina, the words sapiens, leo, musculus, and canina are respectively the trivial names of the species they designate. See specific, 3 . -
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In echinoderms, specifically, of or pertaining to the trivium: as, the trivial (anterior) ambulacra of a sea-urchin. -
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One of the three liberal arts which constitute the trivium. -
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A coefficient or other quantity not containing the quantities of the set considered.
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triv′i-al that may be found anywhere, of little importance; trifling: common, vernacular
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L. trivialis, properly, that is in, or belongs to, the crossroads or public streets; hence, that may be found everywhere, common, fr. trivium, a place where three roads meet, a crossroad, the public street; tri-,see Tri-) + via, a way: cf. F. trivial,. See Voyage
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary L. trivialis, (lit.) 'at the cross-roads or public streets'—trivium, a place where three ways meet—tres, three, via, a way.
Christmas cards a font of wisdom, triviality . portorchardindependent.com
We've seen media seize on a parade of trivial statements in campaign. cnn.com
Obama and Romney campaigns shouldn't trivialize the presidential race. rochestercitynewspaper.com
Beginning with the article's title, "Choo-choo Fantasies" (May 24), Ryan Burns seeks to trivialize the concept of an east-west railroad by ridiculing its potential supporters. northcoastjournal.com
BACK during the Internet boom, there seemed to be no advertising deal or marketing partnership too trivial for America Online to trumpet with a glowing press release. nytimes.com
We'll have this completely trivialized in another few days. bez.org
TSA observers note violations, even trivial, by Newark airport screeners. nj.com
In the grand scheme of things, sports are trivial. espn.go.com
Romney's Adoption Remark Trivializes Gay Inequalities. advocate.com
Where we get mad, and you get trivial. hrwfm.org
) However, The Weather Channel 's interpretation of naming winter storms will only trivialize the process and make people immune to the potential impacts of more severe weather events. kake.com
At Alan Clark , we believe that no situation is too serious or too trivial for our superior service. ibw.com
That was Judge Mark A Ciavarella's rigid formula for dealing with even trivial juvenile misconduct, and the tough boss of "kiddie court" philly.com
Ace returns to Mick Jeffries' Trivial Thursdays on WRFL 88.1 Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 7 am for "a very special Best of Lexington preview.". aceweekly.com
Thanksgiving Trivial Pursuit game ends with arrest/hatchet. b93radio.com
Example 1.(trivial actions) Assume that H acts trivially on A, i.e., h · a = ǫ(h)a for all h ∈ H, a ∈ A.
Equivariant Cyclic Cohomology of H-Algebras
The moduli space of three or less points on a sphere is trivial (see below), so non-trivial constraints arise for the first time from the four-point blocks.
Conformal field theory, boundary conditions and applications to string theory
Suppose that ρ is a small deformation of the trivial representation, so that Eρ is a topologically trivial bundle.
Codimension one symplectic foliations
Thus, every function M leads to two solutions: one with trivial Y and one with non-trivial Y , satisfying Eq. (51).
Static charged perfect fluid spheres in general relativity
Note also that the induction functor Moda → Moda is trivial because Moda is trivial. 9.3.
Induced and simple modules of double affine Hecke algebras
They seemed strangely trivial and unmeaning compared to the exhilarating present. "The Emigrant Trail" by
Such people do not talk about trivialities when they are thinking about much more serious concerns. "The Mummy and Miss Nitocris" by
No matter how trivial. "The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont" by
Our conversation was trivial, unimportant, but kind and gentle. "The Fifth Wheel" by
They succeeded in obtaining the withdrawal of 6148 complaints, as being trivial, or based upon prejudice or passion. "Lights and Shadows of New York Life" by
We needed these trivial occurrences to keep us sane and human. "Kitchener's Mob" by
Another unfortunate tendency among the Arabs was their liking for the discussion of many trivial questions. "Old-Time Makers of Medicine" by
After a trivial delay of perhaps 40 minutes, the D.C.L.I. "The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry" by
They had never appeared more remote and trivial. "The Coast of Chance" by
To the mean eye all things are trivial, as certainly as to the jaundiced they are yellow. "Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History" by
Men count it light and vain;
But I would let them have their thoughts,
To have my Ape again.
Your patience many a trivial verse,
Yet these my earlier welcome shared,
So, let the better shield the worse.
Thou know'st at least my trivial worth,
For thou (who best canst touch my heart)
Canst call its best vibrations forth.
Of future fruitfulness, or future dearth;
Oh, cherish always every word and deed!
The simplest record of thyself hath worth.
Ah! how impressionless and cold!
I touch it with my lip, and lave
My forehead in the gold.
It is a trivial thought, but sweet,
Perhaps the wave will kiss thy feet.
And weave the fairest of the kind,
The prime of all the spring;
If haply thus you lovely fair
May, round her temples, deign to wear
The trivial wreaths you bring.