trifling

Example Sentences

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Before IMG and ProServ, athletes typically got trifling rewards for endorsing products.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

The planet’s trifling atmosphere—about 1 percent the density of our own—is notoriously too thin to help slow down a spacecraft attempting to land, but can still create turbulence and potential disaster.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

To state the obvious, the big picture is all this is trifling and academic because the government won by a million miles, with a majority of 120.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2024

“Whether the special counsel’s office was ‘established by Law’ is not a trifling technicality,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2024

The race in question was a forgettable weekday event for a trifling purse, but Blume was strapped for money.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand