trivial
/ˈtɹɪv.i.əl/ adjective B2- Ignorable; of little significance or value.
- Commonplace, ordinary.
- Easy; requiring little skill or effort.
- Concerned with or involving trivia.
- Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.
- Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case.
- Containing only one element; having an underlying set which is a singleton.
- Self-evident.
From the library
Our conversation was hampered by the presence of the driver of the hired wagonette, so that we were forced to talk of trivial matters when our nerves were tense with emotion and anticipation.
I mention this small episode because it assumes some importance in view of the tragedy which followed, but I was convinced at the time that the matter was entirely trivial and that his excitement had no justification.
“Even the trivial fact that in the year 1865 a picture by Greuze entitled ‘La Jeune Fille à l’Agneau’ fetched one million two hundred thousand francs—more than forty thousand pounds—at the Portalis sale may start a train of reflection in your mind.”
“Alas!” replied our visitor, “the very horror of my situation lies in the fact that my fears are so vague, and my suspicions depend so entirely upon small points, which might seem trivial to another, that even he to whom of all others I have a right to look for help and advice looks upon all that I tell him about it as the fancies of a nervous woman.
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