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Meaning of Trifling | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈtɹaɪfliŋ

Definitions

The act of one who trifles; frivolous behaviour.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية العبث
Català insignificant
Cymraeg dibwys diwerth
Deutsch leichtfertiges Benehmen Leichtfertigkeit unbedeutend
Español de chicha y nabo de chichinabo de pitiminí insignificante sin importancia trivial
Suomi mitätön
Français futile
Gaeilge áilleagánacht fánach suarach
Italiano insignificante
日本語 ふとした 細細 輶
ქართული მცირე მწირი უმნიშვნელო
한국어 완롱
Latina frivolus levis sublestus
Te Reo Māori aweke
Македонски безначаен неважен незначаен
Português insignificante trivial
Română mărunt neînsemnat
Русский ме́лкий незначительный пустячный
Svenska obetydlig
தமிழ் உப்பு பெறாத
Türkçe ıvır zıvır kıtıpiyos

Examples

“He writes on the principle, of course, that in one's dotage we are privileged to return to the triflings of our infancy, and that Downing Street cannot be better employed in these days than as a chapel of ease to Eton.”

CEFR level

C2
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See also

triflingness triflocin trifloxystrobin triflubazam triflumezopyrim triflumidate

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