It's a trifling incident.
Source: tatoeba (42665)
Trifling
//ˈtɹaɪfliŋ//
Synonyms for "trifling" (213 found)
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Strong matches (64)
Related words (106)
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Adjective(27 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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Translations
47 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- маловажен adj (trivial)
- незначителен adj (trivial)
Catalan
1 entries- insignificant adj (trivial)
Chinese
1 entries- 區區 /区区 adj (trivial)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 瑣碎 /琐碎 adj (trivial)
Finnish
1 entries- mitätön adj (trivial)
French
1 entries- futile adj (trivial)
Georgian
3 entries- მცირე adj (trivial)
- მწირი adj (trivial)
- უმნიშვნელო adj (trivial)
German
3 entries- unbedeutend adj (trivial)
- Leichtfertigkeit noun (the act of one who trifles)
- leichtfertiges Benehmen noun (the act of one who trifles)
Irish
3 entries- fánach adj (trivial)
- suarach adj (trivial)
- áilleagánacht noun (the act of one who trifles)
Italian
1 entries- insignificante adj (trivial)
Latin
3 entries- frīvolus adj (trivial)
- levis adj (trivial)
- sublestus adj (trivial)
Macedonian
3 entries- безначаен adj (trivial)
- неважен adj (trivial)
- незначаен adj (trivial)
Māori
2 entries- aweke adj (trivial)
- kūrapa adj (trivial)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یسیر adj (trivial)
Persian
1 entries- پیش پا افتاده adj (trivial)
Portuguese
2 entries- insignificante adj (trivial)
- trivial adj (trivial)
Romanian
2 entries- mărunt adj (trivial)
- neînsemnat adj (trivial)
Russian
3 entries- ме́лкий adj (trivial)
- незначи́тельный adj (trivial)
- пустя́чный adj (trivial)
Sanskrit
1 entries- तुच्छ adj (trivial)
Spanish
4 entries- de chicha y nabo adj (trivial)
- de chichinabo adj (trivial)
- de pitiminí adj (trivial)
- insignificante adj (trivial)
Swedish
1 entries- obetydlig adj (trivial)
Tamil
1 entries- உப்பு பெறாத adj (trivial)
Turkish
2 entries- abidik gubidik) adj (trivial)
- ıvır zıvır adj (trivial)
Welsh
2 entries- dibwys adj (trivial)
- diwerth adj (trivial)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Their trouble stems from a trifling matter.
Source: tatoeba (68163)
Women tend to fuss over trifling matters.
Source: tatoeba (267303)
When we called on him he showed us, by his hygrometer, that the air was very humid, though the temperature was at 86° Fahr., and told us, what probably is true, that in this heavy, hot weather, every wound and bruise, however trifling, is likely to become serious.
Source: tatoeba (11638343)
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