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triviality

(trɪviælɪti)

Word forms: plural trivialities

variable noun

If you refer to something as a triviality, you think that it is unimportant and not serious.

He accused me of making a great fuss about trivialities.

Interviews with politicians were juxtaposed with news items of quite astonishingtriviality.

Synonyms: trifle, nothing, detail, technicality More Synonyms of triviality

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triviality in British English

(ˌtrɪvɪˈælɪtɪ)

nounWord forms: plural -ties

the state or quality of being trivial

something, such as a remark, that is trivial

triviality in American English

(ˌtrɪviˈæləti)

noun

the quality or state of being trivial

2. Word forms: plural ˌtriviˈalities

a trivial thing, matter, or idea; trifle

Word origin

trivial + -ity

Examples of 'triviality' in a sentence
triviality

The memory stung him now with its triviality compared to what Alistair would go through.For pettiness, for triviality; for all the little things that had vexed him.But this disturbance persisted - and it persisted in giving the impression that it was neither cat nor triviality.This was a garden-variety depression, born of boredom and loneliness and a pervasive sense of the immense triviality of life.

Quotations

Little things please little minds

1 (noun) in the sense of insignificance

news items of quite astonishing triviality

Synonyms

insignificance

The event was regarded as of total insignificance.

frivolity

smallness

pettiness

worthlessness

meaninglessness

unimportance

littleness

slightness

triteness

paltriness

inconsequentiality

valuelessness

negligibility

much ado about nothing

Opposites

value

worth

importance

consequence

significance

2 (noun) in the sense of trifle

He accused me of making a great fuss about trivialities.

Synonyms

trifle

He had no money to spare on trifles.

nothing

detail

Only minor details now remain to be settled.

technicality

petty detail

no big thing

no great matter

Opposites

essential

rudiment

proverb

Little things please little minds

Additional synonyms

in the sense of detail

Definition

an item considered to be unimportant

Only minor details now remain to be settled.

Synonyms

fine point,

part,

particular,

trifle,

technicality,

nicety,

minutiae,

triviality,

unimportant point,

matter of no importance or consequence

Nearby words of
triviality

triumphant
trivia
trivial
triviality
trivialize
troop
trophy

Synonyms of 'triviality'

triviality

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单词	triviality
释义	Trends of triviality View usage for: triviality (trɪviælɪti) Word forms: plural trivialities variable noun If you refer to something as a triviality, you think that it is unimportant and not serious. He accused me of making a great fuss about trivialities. Interviews with politicians were juxtaposed with news items of quite astonishingtriviality. Synonyms: trifle, nothing, detail, technicality More Synonyms of triviality More Synonyms of triviality triviality in British English (ˌtrɪvɪˈælɪtɪ) nounWord forms: plural -ties 1. the state or quality of being trivial 2. something, such as a remark, that is trivial triviality in American English (ˌtrɪviˈæləti) noun 1. the quality or state of being trivial 2. Word forms: plural ˌtriviˈalities a trivial thing, matter, or idea; trifle Word origin trivial + -ity Examples of 'triviality' in a sentence triviality The memory stung him now with its triviality compared to what Alistair would go through. Meek, M R D A WORM OF DOUBT (2001) For pettiness, for triviality; for all the little things that had vexed him. Clive Barker EVERVILLE (2001) But this disturbance persisted - and it persisted in giving the impression that it was neither cat nor triviality. Hilton, John Buxton MOONDROP TO MURDER (2001) This was a garden-variety depression, born of boredom and loneliness and a pervasive sense of the immense triviality of life. Maupin, Armistead FURTHER TALES OF THE CITY (2001) Quotations Little things please little minds 1 (noun) in the sense of insignificance news items of quite astonishing triviality Synonyms insignificance The event was regarded as of total insignificance. frivolity smallness pettiness worthlessness meaninglessness unimportance littleness slightness triteness paltriness inconsequentiality valuelessness negligibility much ado about nothing Opposites value , worth , importance , consequence , significance 2 (noun) in the sense of trifle He accused me of making a great fuss about trivialities. Synonyms trifle He had no money to spare on trifles. nothing detail Only minor details now remain to be settled. technicality petty detail no big thing no great matter Opposites essential , rudiment proverb Little things please little minds Additional synonyms in the sense of detail Definition an item considered to be unimportant Only minor details now remain to be settled. Synonyms fine point, part, particular, trifle, technicality, nicety, minutiae, triviality, unimportant point, matter of no importance or consequence Nearby words of triviality triumphant trivia trivial triviality trivialize troop trophy Synonyms of 'triviality' triviality Explore 'triviality' in the dictionary
随便看	to buck one's ideas up to budget for sth to build a snowman to build up a head of steam to bully sb into (doing) sth to bundle sth/sb into to burden sb with to burn to burn oneself out to burn/raze sth to the ground to burn something to the ground raze sth to the ground to burn sth to ashes to burn the candle at both ends to burn the midnight oil to burst into flames to burst into tears to burst open to burst out laughing to bury oneself in one's work to bury one's face in one's hands to bury one's head in the sand to bury the hatchet to bust a gut to busy oneself (with sth) to buy gapeseed

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