Synonyms for trifling
ˈtraɪ flɪŋtri·fling

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1. triflingadjective

   Synonyms:
   inconsequential, trivial, petty

2. triflingadjective

   trivial, or of little importance

   Synonyms:
   trivial, inconsequential, petty

3. triflingadjective

   idle or frivolous

   Synonyms:
   inconsequential, petty, trivial

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1. trifling

   Idle in all uses rests upon its root meaning, as derived from the Anglo-Saxon idel, which signifies vain, empty, useless. Idle thus denotes not primarily the absence of action, but vain action — the absence of useful, effective action; the idle schoolboy may be very actively whittling his desk or tormenting his neighbors. Doing nothing whatever is the secondary meaning of idle. One may be temporarily idle of necessity; if he is habitually idle, it is his own fault. Lazy signifies indisposed to exertion, averse to labor; idleness is in fact; laziness is in disposition or inclination. A lazy person may chance to be employed in useful work, but he acts without energy or impetus. We speak figuratively of a lazy stream. The inert person seems like dead matter (characterized by inertia), powerless to move; the sluggish moves heavily and toilsomely; the most active person may sometimes find the bodily or mental powers sluggish. Slothful belongs in the moral realm, denoting a self-indulgent aversion to exertion. "The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth," Prov. xxvi, 15. Indolent is a milder term for the same quality; the slothful man hates action; the indolent man loves inaction. Compare VAIN.

   Synonyms:
   idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, slothful, sluggish, unemployed, unoccupied, vacant

   Antonyms:
   active, busy, diligent, employed, industrious, occupied, working

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1. trifling

   Synonyms:
   trivial, slight, petty, frivolous, unimportant, inconsiderable, worthless

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1. dalliance, dawdling, triflingadjective

   the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

   Synonyms:
   toying, flirting, dalliance, flirtation, coquetry, flirt, dawdling

   Antonyms:
   valuable

2. negligible, paltry, triflingadjective

   not worth considering

   "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"

   Synonyms:
   measly, negligible, paltry, miserable

   Antonyms:
   valuable

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1. triflingadjective

   Synonyms:
   trivial, petty, frivolous, worthless, inconsiderable, nugatory, slight, unimportant, insignificant, immaterial, piddling, of little value or consequence, of no moment, of small importance

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1. triflingadjective

   Synonyms:
   trivial, paltry, piddling, insignificant, piffling, frivolous

2. triflingnoun

   Synonyms:
   piddling, frivolity, piffle, dalliance, quibbling, piffling

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1. List of paraphrases for "trifling":

   insignificant, negligible

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1. The Likud party:

   Regrettably, the media campaign in the past few weeks over this report is a clear attempt to topple the prime minister and the Likud government by trifling with petty issues and distracting voters.

2. Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield:

   A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.

3. Mark Twain:

   There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.

4. La Rochefoucauld:

   Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great things.

5. Franklin Pierce:

   Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.