Synonyms:
fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
Meaning: (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
Usage examples
"Trivial!" she exclaimed.
"Yes, trivial," John repeated.
Do not look at trivial advantages.
'Don't think I mean,' she said, 'that there should be a detailed interchange of trivial confidence.
Let us make up for it with trivial things of frequent encounter, a condition favourable to consecutive study.
I felt that, to cricketers who intended to play Mr. Hedges, any objections which I might urge would appear quite trivial.
The most trivial question escapes not our controversy, and in the most momentous we are not able to give any certain decision.
She was a great talker upon little matters, which exactly suited Mr. Woodhouse, full of trivial communications and harmless gossip.
She was a great talker upon little matters, which exactly suited Mr. Woodhouse, full of trivial communications and harmless gossip.
In fact, the truth of the principle is impossible to doubt, and its obviousness is so great that at first sight it seems almost trivial.