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trifling [ˈtraɪfl̩ɪŋ] ADJ

trifling

trifle [ˈtraɪfl̩] N

1. trifle (insignificant thing):

2. trifle (slightly):

3. trifle Brit (cake):

trifle with VB trans

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For trifling misdemeanors, he instituted elaborate investigations and meted out extravagant fines and punishments where a wiser man would have overlooked the whole matter.
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Also, their ability to deem the validity of state legislation overrides the state judiciaries and will eventually make them so trifling and unimportant, as not to be worth having.
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Hanger was wounded in the battle, which he termed a trifling insignificant skirmish.
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The second type, known as trifling metal or trifle, was used for holloware and is made up of fine metal with approximately 4% lead.
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Tickets could be earned too; these had a trifling pecuniary value.
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He stated, the episode as a whole was so trifling that it's difficult to separate it out from the massive video in the center.
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The commissioner's awarded a relatively trifling sum to the descendants of the victims of the affair.
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The fear of doing a trifling wrong augmented while playing; the better one succeeded in playing the foregoing, the greater the fear became while playing.
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Of real observation there is hardly a vestige in his book; of deliberate trifling with natural history there is no end.
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Who cares about the trifling matter of the breaking of sacred contracts?
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