Trivial

Word TRIVIAL
Character 7
Hyphenation triv i al
Pronunciations /ˈtɹɪ.vi.əl/

Definitions and meanings of "Trivial"

What do we mean by trivial?

Of little significance or value. adjective

Concerned with or involving unimportant matters; superficial. adjective

Of, relating to, or being the solution of an equation in which every variable is equal to zero. adjective

Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case; self-evident. adjective

Such as may be found everywhere; commonplace; ordinary; vulgar.

Trifling; insignificant; of little worth or importance; paltry.

Occupying one's self with trifles; trifling.

Of or pertaining to the trivium, or the first three liberal arts—grammar, rhetoric, and logic; hence, initiatory; rudimentary.

In zoology and botany: Common; popular; vernacular; not technical: noting the popular or familiar names of animals or plants, as distinguished from the technical New Latin names.

Specific; not generic: noting what used to be called the nomen triviale—that is, the second or specific term in the binomial technical name of an animal or a plant, such terms being often adopted or adapted from a popular name or epithet.

In echinoderms, specifically, of or pertaining to the trivium: as, the trivial (anterior) ambulacra of a sea-urchin.

One of the three liberal arts which constitute the trivium. noun

A coefficient or other quantity not containing the quantities of the set considered. noun

One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. noun

Found anywhere; common. adjective

Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar. adjective

Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry. adjective

Of or pertaining to the trivium. adjective

The specific name. adjective

Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.

A term misused by neckbeard IT people as a synonym for 'simple'. Urban Dictionary

There are at least two usages of "trivial". One is to describe answers, and the other is to describe questions/tasks. Answers: A trivial answer is something which is either immediately self-evident or which conveys no information. Questions/Tasks: A trivial question can perhaps be defined as something for which either the answer or the method of finding the answer is known by the person asked the question. Urban Dictionary

Used in mathematics to mean "this is obvious, so I won't waste space writing up the proof here." Urban Dictionary

That guy who constantly tells you you're using "trivial" wrong Urban Dictionary

Trivialities are all the not very important things in life that we are put through to question in our life. But when it all comes down to it, they don't really matter. Urban Dictionary

A tier 4 player that got an ego after joining Arma. Only past-facs are Honor, Toronto, and Arma. Thinks they're good at prac, and will fold anyone in a game of Minesweeper or BTD Battles. Urban Dictionary

Right it’s the Todd Phillips copy-and-pasting a movie off of Urban Dictionary that’s the trivial part. It’s the Dr. JeepJorp Peepeestones citing me more than he cites Freud. The people recording me (while I sleep apparently)? Not important. Urban Dictionary

Someone who acts irresponsibly or with stupidity. Urban Dictionary

Trivial Matters: Things in life that have almost no value. A lot of people care too much about these things and some use these matters against others to boost their self esteem. Urban Dictionary

Non-Trivial is sometimes used by engineers / scientist to (jokingly?) describe the extremely difficult problems that they are faced with. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Trivial

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The word "trivial" in example sentences

During one Sen.te meeting on the immigration legislation, he attacked Sen. John Cornyn of Texas for raising what he characterized as trivial objections to a compromise being worked out with the White House. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Fund then compared what he called the "trivial number" of 108 voters with the 1,420 military ballots that were rejected statewide, ignoring the other 996 who were eligible but were denied the right to vote. ❋ Heather (2011)

"I've come to the conclusion that it's a deliberate tactic," he said, citing several examples of what he calls "trivial" denials. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Mr. Weinberg noted that the core inflation rate, which strips out volatile prices, is just 0.9 per cent on an annual basis, which he calls "trivial." ❋ Michael Babad (2011)

Mr Madhi escaped from Iran in February 2008 after being sentenced to 73 years in jail for what he described as a trivial charge. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The though of someone deciding to send my innocent 6 year old girl to a reform school for something so trivial is infuriating. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'm not sure we have any comparative advantage, for example, in trivial feats in software design or education - aren't we off-shoring software jobs because other countries have relatively good software designers as a result of their relatively good educational systems? ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is the possibility of failing or being afraid of failing in trivial things. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Notice that the characters don't interact with each other on the basis of their politics - the characters interact with each other on the basis of soap opera motivations (who's having sex with whom, who's been a college buddy of whom, who's trying to show whom up in trivial ways, who dresses like whom, who likes to drink what kind of booze, etc). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even as a liberal I disagree when parties rely on using attack ads, but unfortunately each party will continue to bicker in trivial ways such as through television or radio broadcasts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It will always remain trivial to fake the documents necessary to take control of the deceased or recreate a newborn in thepast. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Thank goodness someone else it excited to engage in trivial banter over this issue (perhaps with some interesting overtones of media/reality). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Every political battle these days, no matter how trivial, is a fight to the death with no quarter given. viagra Says: ❋ Unknown (2009)

The first half of this story was dreadfully slow, steeped in trivial philosophical discussions about things that did not directly affect the thin plot. ❋ Unknown (2008)

At home she partnered with Janet Reno to support the creation of the Violence Against Women Office at the Department of Justice and told the United Nations in 1997, “In too many places, the suffering of women is defined as trivial, explained away as a cultural phenomenon; perhaps it is for this reason that women do not receive proper healthcare, including access to family planning.” ❋ Rebecca Traister (2010)

Marriage while not trivial is not the main issue that keeps me or most of my friends up today. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But Joe, writing a [query] to [get you] that [data] is trivial! ❋ Dataguy (2016)

Answers: When asked to describe yourself, a nontrivial answer would be, "My name is Joe [Schmoe]. I'm 5'10" and weigh [170] lbs." A trivial answer would be, "I'm a human. I know English." Questions/Tasks: In mathematics, computing the values of [integrals] is a trivial task, (even though it can be hard), because the methods for computing integrals are known. ❋ Alexander TG (2006)

Claim: P \[neq] [NP] Proof: [Trivial] ❋ Dibbylongshooott (2020)

"[Yo bro] this game is so [trivial]" "AAAGHH THAT'S NOT [HOW YOU] USE [TRIVIAL]" ❋ Just Zis Guy, You Know (2023)

Who cares a hundred years from now? Who'll remember all the players? Who'll remember all [the clowns]? [What are you going] to do and what does this life really mean? Well, when it all comes down..we're just [cycling] trivialities. ❋ Fanboi25 (2011)

That trivialize [guy] just quickied. [What a] [loser]. ❋ Reeetastic (2020)

Hym “Right. That ☝️ is just a byproduct of my attitude. That’s trivial. None of that matters. That’s the trivial part. The meaningful part is the life of [servitude]. That’s what’ll give my life meaning. And what it will mean is that I don’t get to decide for myself what is trivial or [non-trivial]. Jordan Peterson will do that for me. That’s a part of his servitude to me... somehow. I still don’t see how I’m being served but that’s clearly an attitude thing on my part. His responsibility to do things like tell the truth, [give credit] where credit is due, act out the things he believes... Also trivial! It comes secondary to ‘not being manipulated.’ That’s the non-trivial thing. Here’s the hierarchy of value: Not being manipulated / Acting out your values / Actually believing the shit you say ❋ Hym Iam (2022)

dude1: what the hell/s he doing? dude2: ahh, what a [fecking] [trivial] dude1: [right on] ❋ Carnophage (2004)

Mary: [Karla] [misspelled] you're on Facebook. That means she is stupid and I am better than her. Amy: You should not judge people on trivial matters. She is probably very smart in her own way and that could have been a typo. It's Facebook! [Chill out] and stop caring about stupid stuff. ❋ Universal One Love (2013)

Some Non-Trivial problems. [The Mechanism] Behind High-Temperature Superconductors Earthquake Predicting What Is [Dark Matter]? Build this [suspension bridge] out of string and Duct-tape. ❋ Owza (2010)

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