| a. | 1. | Found anywhere; common. | |||
| 2. | Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar. | ||||
| 3. | Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; | ||||
| 4. | Of or pertaining to the trivium.
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| n. | 1. | One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. | |||
| Adj. | 1. | trivial - (informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" Synonyms: fiddling, footling, Mickey Mouse, niggling, picayune, piddling, piffling, petty, lilliputian, little |
| 2. | trivial - obvious and dull; "trivial conversation"; "commonplace prose" Synonyms: banal, commonplace | |
| 3. | trivial - of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections" Synonyms: superficial | |
| 4. | trivial - concerned with trivialities; "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind" | |
| 5. | trivial - not large enough to consider or notice Synonyms: insignificant |
TRIVIAL. Of small importance. It is a rule in equity that a demurrer will lie to a bill on the ground of the triviality of the matter in dispute, as being below the dignity of the court. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4237. See Hopk. R. 112; 4 John. Ch. 183; 4 Paige, 364.
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