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Definition of Trifling
1. Adjective. Not worth considering. "A trifling matter"
2. Noun. The deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working.
Generic synonyms: Delay, Holdup
Derivative terms: Dally, Dawdle, Trifle
Definition of Trifling
1. a. Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair.
Definition of Trifling
1. Adjective. trivial, or of little importance ¹
2. Adjective. idle or frivolous ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trifling
1. a waste of time [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trifling
Literary usage of Trifling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1849)
"OF trifling PROPOSITIONS. 1. Some propositions bring no increase to our knowledge.
... What is this more than trifling with words? ..."
2. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1905)
"he acted very wisely in leaving the girls to their own trifling amusements. Mrs.
Bennet and her daughters apologised most civilly for Lydia's interruption, ..."
3. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1882)
"Natural Selection — its power compared with man's selection — its power on
characters of trifling importance—its power at all ages and on both sexes ..."
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