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Meanings of trifling in English

Catalan
frivolitat

The deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working.

        frivolitat

        Not worth considering.

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              Usage of trifling in English
              1
              No trifling in the matter at all; I am in sober earnest.
              Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor
              2
              The imposts were few and trifling in amount, the administration was simple.
              Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4
              3
              Permitting me to live in the island is but a trifling favor.
              The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 12
              4
              With trifling exceptions, both the ideas and the language are her own.
              Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself
              5
              Our readers will correct some natural and trifling slips of the pen.
              The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere
              6
              Warburton and Julia are trifling in conversation, and the others are wasting.
              The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
              7
              In comparison, the inconveniences to which Martin had been put seemed trifling.
              Dust
              8
              For his aid in this trifling business the Governor gives him thanks.
              To Have and to Hold
              9
              There was no one in the court-yard to notice this trifling change.
              The Last Hope
              10
              Sure there must be some trifling mistake; let me look at it.
              Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
              11
              But this is not a trifling change; it calls for an explanation.
              Explanation of Catholic Morals / A Concise, Reasoned, and Popula...
              12
              The material was granite, brought at no trifling expense from the North.
              Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue / A Tal...
              13
              The plays of the time seemed too trifling or else too foul.
              The Greatest English Classic / A Study of the King James Version...
              14
              But these are only trifling against the magnitude of the menacing evil.
              Impressions of a War Correspondent
              15
              The victory of the English had cost them a relatively trifling loss.
              Famous Sea Fights, from Salamis to Tsu-Shima
              16
              He never sought to amuse; he would not stoop to any trifling.
              Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 2: Renaissance and Refor...
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              Translations for trifling
              Catalan
              frivolitat
              Trifling through the time
              Trifling across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Rare