trivial

Example Sentences

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“My polite reply to her email doesn’t amount to anything more than a trivial note,” she said.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

Prof Loos said the genetic effect, while modest, "is similar to other factors - and not trivial".

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

It is these clients, who rely on this technology for not only words but ideas themselves, who turn my job from trivial to impossible.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

The literary breaches, while trivial, highlight a reality that has become all too clear: There’s an inverse correlation between power and proper punctuation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

This feat requires what the early-twentieth-century American writer Sinclair Lewis called a “willingness to sift the sanctified lies,” a chore that is hard enough when the “lie” is trivial.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson