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Trifling

Trifling Meaning & Definition
Trifling Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Trifling?

[n] the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working
[adj] not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Trifling: dalliance | dawdling | negligible | paltry | wasting time | worthless

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See Also | delay | holdup

Trifling In Webster's Dictionary

\Tri"fling\, a. Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair. -- {Tri"fling*ly}, adv. -- {Tri"fling*ness}, n.

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