trivial
adjective
[ ˈtrɪvɪəl ]
• of little value or importance.
• "huge fines were imposed for trivial offences"
Similar:
unimportant,
insignificant,
inconsequential,
minor,
of no/little account,
of no/little consequence,
of no/little importance,
not worth bothering about,
not worth mentioning,
incidental,
inessential,
non-essential,
petty,
trifling,
fiddling,
pettifogging,
footling,
small,
slight,
little,
inconsiderable,
negligible,
paltry,
nugatory,
meaningless,
pointless,
worthless,
idle,
flimsy,
insubstantial,
piddling,
piffling,
penny-ante,
twopenny-halfpenny,
nickel-and-dime,
small-bore,
chickenshit,
• denoting a subgroup that either contains only the identity element or is identical with the given group.
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘belonging to the trivium’): from medieval Latin trivialis, from Latin trivium (see trivium).
