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trifling

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Too small or unimportant to deserve much attention.

The editor asked the group to settle the main question before debating trifling differences in spacing.

Dictionary practice example.

A trifling scratch on the storage desk did not affect repair work and needed little attention beside the unresolved supply problem.