triv·i·al·i·ty

(trĭv′ē-ăl′ĭ-tē)

n. pl. triv·i·al·i·ties

1. The quality or condition of being trivial.

2. Something trivial.

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triviality

(ˌtrɪvɪˈælɪtɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. the state or quality of being trivial

2. something, such as a remark, that is trivial

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triv•i•al•i•ty

(ˌtrɪv iˈæl ɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties.

1. something trivial; a trivial matter, remark, etc.

2. trivial quality or character.

[1590–1600]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	triviality - the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous puniness, slightness, pettiness unimportance - the quality of not being important or worthy of note joke - a triviality not to be taken seriously; "I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke"
	2.	triviality - a detail that is considered insignificant technicality, trifle detail, item, point - an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"
	3.	triviality - something of small importance small beer, trivia, trifle object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" frippery, frivolity, bagatelle, fluff - something of little value or significance

triviality

noun

1. insignificance, frivolity, smallness, pettiness, worthlessness, meaninglessness, unimportance, littleness, slightness, triteness, paltriness, inconsequentiality, valuelessness, negligibility, much ado about nothing news items of quite astonishing triviality
insignificance value, worth, importance, consequence, significance

2. trifle, nothing, detail, technicality, petty detail, no big thing, no great matter He accused me of making a great fuss about trivialities.
trifle essential, rudiment

Proverbs
"Little things please little minds"

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

triviality

noun

1. Contemptible unimportance:

inconsiderableness, negligibility, negligibleness, paltriness, pettiness, smallness, trivialness.

2. Something or things that are unimportant:

fiddle-faddle, frippery, frivolity, froth, minutia, nonsense, small change, small potatoes, trifle, trivia.

Translations

تَفاهَه، تَمَسُّك بالتَّوافِهشَيء تافِه

banalitavšednost

trivialitet

Geringfügigkeit Trivialität

banalité

banalitás

smáatriîi, smámunirsmávægi

banalit...banalità insulsaggine

trivialitet

banalitavšednosť

nepomembnost

önemsiz şeyönemsizlik

浅薄琐事轻浮

triviality

[ˌtrɪvɪˈælɪtɪ] N

1. (= unimportance) → trivialidad f, banalidad f

2. (= trivial detail) → trivialidad f

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triviality

[ˌtrɪviˈæləti] n

(= unimportant matter) → futilité f

(= trivial nature) [details, problem] → caractère m insignifiant; [interview, conversation, speech, film] → banalité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

triviality

n → Trivialität f; (of objection, loss, details, matters also) → Geringfügigkeit f, → Belanglosigkeit f

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triviality

[ˌtrɪvɪˈælɪtɪ] n → frivolezza; (trivial detail) → futilità f inv

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trivia

(ˈtriviə) noun plural

unimportant matters or details. I haven't time to worry about such trivia.

ˈtrivial adjective

1. of very little importance. trivial details.

2. (especially of people) only interested in unimportant things; not at all serious. She's a very trivial person.

ˈtrivially adverb

ˌtriviˈality (-ˈa-) noun

1. the state of being trivial.

2. (plural triviˈalities) something which is trivial. He is always worrying about some triviality or other.

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And the triviality faded from their faces, though it left something behind--the knowledge that they never could be parted because their love was rooted in common things.

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Helen Burns asked some slight question about her work of Miss Smith, was chidden for the triviality of the inquiry, returned to her place, and smiled at me as she again went by.

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"The fact is," said D'Artagnan, "if men are punished for imprudence and triviality, this poor king deserves punishment.

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No one could have worked harder than she, nor with more sincerity; she believed in herself with all her heart; but it was plain that self-confidence meant very little, all his friends had it, Miguel Ajuria among the rest; and Philip was shocked by the contrast between the Spaniard's heroic endeavour and the triviality of the thing he attempted.

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Casaubon would support such triviality. His manners, she thought, were very dignified; the set of his iron-gray hair and his deep eye-sockets made him resemble the portrait of Locke.

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There is an apparent triviality in the action with the scissors, but your discernment perceives at once that there is a design in it which makes it eminently worthy of a large-headed, long-limbed young man; for you see that Lucy wants the scissors, and is compelled, reluctant as she may be, to shake her ringlets back, raise her soft hazel eyes, smile playfully down on the face that is so very nearly on a level with her knee, and holding out her little shell-pink palm, to say,--

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And then my eyes became opened to the inwardness of things and speeches the triviality of which had been so baffling and tiresome.

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