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trivial

[triv-ee-uhl] / ˈtrɪv i əl /


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She believed, as Arendt never could have, in the judgment of history as “an objective suprahuman process” that, like God for believers, would remember even trivial human events and endow all experience with meaning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Most economists, meanwhile, expect that the impact of higher energy costs on inflation will be relatively trivial.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

She called the emails “casual correspondence” and stated, “My polite reply to her email doesn’t amount to anything more than a trivial note.”

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026

The BBC was shown evidence by Nick of how TikTok rated some relatively trivial cases involving politicians as a higher priority for review by the safety team than several cases involving harm to teenagers.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Apart from food and sleep, they found time for play, aimless and trivial, in the white sand by the bright water.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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