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Adjective trifling has 1 sense
- negligible, paltry, trifling - not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"
Antonym: valuable (indirect, via worthless)
Noun trifling has 1 sense
- dalliance, dawdling, trifling, wasting time - the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working
--1 is a kind of delay, holdup
Verb trifle has 3 senses
- piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle - waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
--1 is one way to spend, pass
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- frivol, trifle - act frivolously
--2 is one way to act, behave, do
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- dally, trifle, play - consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
--3 is one way to consider, take, deal, look at
Sample sentence:
Sam wants to trifle with Sue
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