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单词 trivial
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trivialadjective

uk/ˈtrɪv.i.əl/us/ˈtrɪv.i.əl/

B2 having little value or importance:

I don't know why he gets so upset about something so trivial.
Sexual harassment in the workplace is not a trivial matter.

A trivial problem is easy to solve:

Getting computers to understand human language is not a trivial problem.

More examples

  • It was a badly researched documentary which glossed over important questions while pointing up trivial ones.
  • She gets completely stressed about trivial things.
  • The problems she faces are not trivial.
  • She has been suffering from a series of trivial illnesses.
  • The cost of the postage is trivial.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Of little or less importance

  • be in/under sb's shadow idiom
  • be neither here nor there idiom
  • be no big deal idiom
  • biggie
  • derisory
  • fringe
  • inferior
  • merely
  • minor
  • miss
  • mouldy
  • need
  • peripheral
  • petty
  • poxy
  • rinky-dink
  • sideshow
  • small-time
  • stay
  • subordinate

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Easiness and simplicity

trivialadjective

us/ˈtrɪv·i·əl/

having little value or importance:

The story spends too much time on trivial matters.
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