frivolous
Example Sentences
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Shell filed a counterclaim accusing Cipriani of extortion and defamation, while Paramount called the allegations “frivolous.”
“Pos-i-lute.ly.” Anna May’s voice was quite deep, but the tone was light, frivolous, different from what I’d imagined when I’d seen her on the silent screen.
From Literature
New Jersey was once a favorite legal home for corporations, but Delaware supplanted it by establishing specialized business courts and legal rules that protect corporate directors and officers from frivolous lawsuits.
CEO Darren Woods told WSJ in an interview that this is about protecting Exxon from shareholder “abuse,” a reference to what companies see as a proliferation of frivolous shareholder lawsuits in certain venues.
He is best known for the 1970 novel A World for Julius, which chronicled the frivolous lives of the elite in Peru's capital Lima through the eyes of an orphan.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
