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trifling

/ˈtɹaɪfliŋ/ adjective C2
  1. Trivial, or of little importance.
  2. Frivolous.
  3. Good-for-nothing; shady or lazy; scrub. · You trifling good for nothin’ type of brother.
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“Why,” replied he, “I think it just possible Dantès may have been detected with some trifling article on board ship considered here as contraband.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 34 · C1
It would be, he felt assured, no trifling ordeal.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 189 · C1
With the exception of these trifling frictions, work in Miss Stacy’s little kingdom went on with regularity and smoothness.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 201 · C1
Reynolds was of no trifling nature.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 280 · B2

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