trifling (n.)

  1. the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

    [ Syn: dalliance , dawdling ]

    trifling (adj.)

  1. not worth considering; he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost; piffling efforts; a trifling matter

    [ Syn: negligible , paltry ]

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