tri´fling|ness

tri´fling|ness
tri|fling «TRY flihng», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. having little value; not important; very small; paltry; insignificant: »

The friends treated their quarrel as only a trifling matter. To a philosopher no circumstance, however trifling, is too minute (Oliver Goldsmith).

SYNONYM(S): trivial, petty.
2. behaving idly or frivolously; shallow. SYNONYM(S): foolish, vain.
–n.
the act of a person who trifles.
tri´fling|ly, adverb.
tri´fling|ness, noun.

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