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- Dictionarytrivial/ˈtrɪvɪəl/
adjective
- 1. of little value or importance: "huge fines were imposed for trivial offences" Similar Opposite
- 2. denoting a subgroup that either contains only the identity element or is identical with the given group.
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having little value or importance: I don't know why he gets so upset about something so trivial. Sexual harassment in the workplace is not a trivial matter. A trivial problem is easy to solve: Getting computers to understand human language is not a trivial problem. Fewer examples.
1. a. : of little worth or importance. a trivial objection. trivial problems. b. : relating to or being the mathematically simplest case. specifically : characterized by having all variables equal to zero. a trivial solution to a linear equation. 2. : commonplace, ordinary. 3. : specific sense 4. trivialist. ˈtri-vē-ə-list. noun. trivially.
Trivial definition: of very little importance or value; insignificant. See examples of TRIVIAL used in a sentence.
Something that is trivial is not important or significant, such as the trivial details you shared with me about your trip to the post office this morning. Trivial can also describe something that isn't deep or meaningful, like a trivial movie that you'll forget about after the credits roll.
Definition of trivial adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe something as trivial, you think that it is unimportant and not serious.
1. Of little significance or value. 2. Concerned with or involving unimportant matters; superficial: a trivial colleague; a trivial remark. 3. Mathematics. a. Of, relating to, or being the solution of an equation in which every variable is equal to zero. b. Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case; self-evident.
trivial meaning, definition, what is trivial: not serious, important, or valuable: Learn more.
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What does the word trivial mean? There are 14 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word trivial , three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
