Definition: 1. (informal terms) small and of little importance. 2. Obvious and dull. 3. Of little substance or significance. 4. Concerned with trivialities. 5. Not large enough to consider or notice.
Use 'trivial' in a sentence:
1. Forget about trivial disagreements among comrades, and don't take them to heart.
2. Managing money is both trivial and troublesome.
3. These may seem like trivial phobias.
4. What a good-for-nothing you are! You cannot take care of even such a trivial matter!
5. When JavaScript was first introduced, it was commonly used to provide trivial features on Web pages such as clocks and scrolling text in the browser status bar.
6. I had been lulled into thinking the publicity would be a trivial matter.
7. It's useless to fire away with such trivial details.
8. I started to notice that all the important work was given to Maggie, but the trivial stuff to me.
9. These are not trivial concerns.
10. It's crazy and tiring that a day is full of trivial things.
11. Trivial formalities have been done away with.
12. A leaf before the eye shuts out Mount Tai--have one's view of the important overshadowed by the trivial.
13. Log messages relating to trivial databases, which are key-value stores that Samba uses.
14. For example: You may witness public transport rage everywhere during the rush hour, people are just complaining or arguing about trivial matters like overcrowdedness or someone ’ s foot being stepped on.
15. On so trivial a thing hang a throne and a dynasty!
16. A leaf before the eye shuts out Mount Tai--have one's view of the important overshadowed by the trivial.; A single leaf before the eye blacks out the view of a mountain.
17. Table manners are not trivial.
18. Still, as impressive as all this is, it may be trivial compared with what comes next.
19. Number formatting is rather trivial.
20. I didn't expect them to be at daggers drawn over such a trivial thing.
21. Be patient. Don't lose your temper over trivial matters.
22. It's a trivial matter, by looking at what is the weight and how far does it drop, to say OK, how much work is done by the paddlewheel.
23. Sometimes, these decisions are trivial, such as what marmalade to buy.
24. These presses are of little significance, indicating that they are trivial and worthless.
25. The director tried to wave aside these issues as trivial details that could be settled later.
26. But the amounts used to be trivial.
27. This is not a trivial distinction.
28. This is an extreme example again, but it shows that the scheduling overhead of contention is not trivial.
29. As impressive as all this is, it may be trivial compared with what comes next.
30. Fashion is often regarded as a pursuit of beauty, and some cherished fashion's trivial relationship to the fine arts.
31. Cool down; there's no need to lose your temper over such a trivial matter.
32. They were fighting over a trivial sum of money.
33. We haven't had time. We've been too busy with trivial matters!
34. It's a trivial matter and not worth fighting about.
35. Don't get upset about trivial matters.
36. I don't like to visit the doctor just for something trivial.
37. This is no trivial matter; make no move without careful thought.
38. The driver's injuries were trivial in com-parison with those suffered by his passenger.
39. I know it sounds trivial, but I'm worried about it.
40. They may be picturesque, even poetical; or they may be pedestrian, even trivial.
41. He often dissipated his energies in trivial matters.
42. Aspects of the code that you think are trivial will magnify in complexity once you implement all the other required parts of the system.
43. First-world problem refers to a trivial frustration1 or petty concern, particularly one that contrasts sharply with serious problems such as those faced by developing nations.
44. This may sound trivial, but I assure you it is quite important!
45. My mind attempted to calm itself by fastening on this trivial detail.
46. His mood can be gauged by his reaction to the most trivial of incidents.
47. I know it sounds trivial , but I'm worried about it.
48. I'll try to fix it ─ but it's not trivial.
49. Reverse spelling (crumb for crum, a word in which b has no justification) is also a trivial mistake.
