trivial
adjective/ˈtrɪviəl/
/ˈtrɪviəl/
- not important or serious; not worth considering
- a trivial detail
- I know it sounds trivial, but I'm worried about it.
- I'll try to fix it—but it's not trivial (= it may be difficult to fix).
Extra Examples- Apparently trivial clues may turn out to be quite important.
- He made a few essentially trivial changes.
- I didn't want to bother you with such a trivial matter.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin trivialis, from Latin trivium ‘place where three roads meet’.Definitions on the go
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