what does trifling mean?
TRIFLING as NOUN
- Meaning
- the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working
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Hypernyms(s) trifling is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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TRIFLING as ADJECTIVE
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Usage Example(s)
- he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost
- piffling efforts
- a trifling matter
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