trifling
Example Sentences
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Before IMG and ProServ, athletes typically got trifling rewards for endorsing products.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
Whatever the cause, it is not some trifling oversight; this blunder undermined Ziegler’s most important legal rejoinder to the majority.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2025
To state the obvious, the big picture is all this is trifling and academic because the government won by a million miles, with a majority of 120.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2024
"Nothing important can be accomplished if you allow yourself to be swayed by some trifling matter, always looking over your shoulder and wondering what others are saying or thinking."
From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2023
We were in a perpetual conversation with each other on topics both solemn and trifling.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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