How to Use trivial in a Sentence
trivial
adjective
- Compared to her problems, our problems seem trivial.
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There’s a lot of good stuff, and there’s a lot of trash and trivial stuff.
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Frank Digiacomo,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2022
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But while the fine was trivial, the rest of the decision was not.
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Gilad Edelman,
Wired,
15 Sep. 2021
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The crux of the tragedy is a trivial element of roadwork.
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Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2024
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Bug bites seem to be the universe’s way of slapping us on the wrist for our trivial wrongs.
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Loren Savini,
Allure,
7 Aug. 2023
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There's no need to make a big deal out of something that might turn out to be trivial in the end.
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Tarot Astrologers,
chicagotribune.com,
11 Feb. 2022
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Bug bites seem to be the universe’s way of slapping us on the wrist for our trivial wrongs.
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Loren Savini,
Allure,
25 July 2024
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The fines are trivial compared to their revenue streams.
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Leila Sackur,
NBC News,
1 Oct. 2023
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Above all else, the products Trump was selling were half-baked and trivial.
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Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
9 May 2022
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People spend up to 90% of their time indoors, so the question of whether or not to wear shoes in the house is not a trivial one.
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Mark Patrick Taylor,
CBS News,
26 May 2023
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Taking a step back to protect her mind and her body should not be trivial.
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Analis Bailey,
USA TODAY,
29 July 2021
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But in the near term, AI will automate the boring, trivial stuff first.
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Christoph Drösser,
Scientific American,
8 June 2024
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The first episode of the Disney+ series WandaVision raises a lot of questions, most of them trivial in the grand scheme of life.
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Abraham Riesman,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2021
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Ever the philosopher, Perzynski has no time for the trivial or the soft.
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Dallas News,
17 June 2021
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This is not an ideal time to force an issue or make a fuss over trivial points.
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Tribune Content Agency,
oregonlive,
30 Oct. 2020
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This bundle has the shape of either a cylinder (this is called the trivial bundle) or a Möbius band.
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Quanta Magazine,
26 Oct. 2021
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The climate effect of our electric-car efforts in the 2020s will be trivial.
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Bjorn Lomborg,
WSJ,
9 Sep. 2022
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Her need for food and water was almost trivial, but not quite.
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Ottessa Moshfegh,
Harper’s Magazine ,
25 May 2022
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My girlfriend has a penchant for long stories, many times on the phone, which are trivial.
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Abigail Van Buren,
oregonlive,
29 Sep. 2022
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This is a pretty trivial concern about the release of film.
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Washington Post,
15 Dec. 2020
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But even that includes changes that could range from trivial to seismic.
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Jay Peters,
The Verge,
6 Aug. 2024
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Compared to what might have been, the disruption was trivial.
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al,
22 May 2022
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In the face of all that industry, my own concerns are revealed to be trivial.
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Murr Brewster,
The Christian Science Monitor,
6 June 2024
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Also, contrary to what folks might think, the ring doesn’t make combat trivial.
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Ash Parrish,
The Verge,
26 June 2023
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The ones who say this is a trivial matter and a political hit will still say that.
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John Brummett,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Apr. 2024
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So taking the time to make those photographs was not trivial.
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Jennie Rothenberg Gritz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Sep. 2024
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The fact that there is air in the glass as well is often dismissed as trivial or outright overseen.
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Stefan Harrer,
Forbes,
29 Sep. 2021
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Dear Amy: Not a question, but a comment: Why are some of the issues raised in your column so trivial?
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Amy Dickinson,
Detroit Free Press,
24 Apr. 2022
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The difference between the two possible approaches to the first Fed rate cut since 2020 may sound trivial, Paul Davidson reports.
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Daniel De Visé,
USA TODAY,
18 Sep. 2024
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In that moment, my own urban issues seemed trivial, even meaningless.
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Prasad Ramamurthy,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Sep. 2024
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