On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Frivolous. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as light or flippant and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Frivolous meaning
- Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or moved by a whim or caprice.
- Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; trivial.
- Having no reasonable prospect of success because its claim is without merit, lacking a supporting legal or factual basis, while the filing party is, or should be, aware of this.
Synonyms of Frivolous
Using Frivolous
- The main meaning on this page is: Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or moved by a whim or caprice. | Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; trivial. | Having no reasonable prospect of success because its claim is without merit, lacking a supporting legal or factual basis, while the filing party is, or should be, aware of this.
- Useful related words include: light, flippant, scatterbrained, head-in-the-clouds.
- In the example corpus, frivolous often appears in combinations such as: as frivolous, frivolous and, and frivolous.
Context around Frivolous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Frivolous
- In this selection, "frivolous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, optional, little, bringing, lawsuits, add and adding stand out and add context to how "frivolous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little frivolous and an optional frivolous add on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "frivolous" sits close to words such as accusers, analysing and artifact, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with frivolous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That matter is frivolous. (4 words)
But I was also feeling like it was a little frivolous. (11 words)
The £20bn price tag of the essential guarantee is frivolous and impractical. (12 words)
The Scottish group had a short shelf life in the mid-'70s – their last chart hit arrived in 1977 – but their only No. 1 remains one of the all-time great tributes to the frivolous joys of S-s-s-saturday night. (42 words)
Justice James Omotoso of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Friday awarded N17 Million cost against three litigants and their lawyer for filing a frivolous suit seeking to stop the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. (37 words)
In the last six months, many frivolous ‘arrangeé’ travels were made for the President where he was convinced he had to go with a huge entourage from all sorts of ministries and agencies with their ministers. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Also yesterday, Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, described as frivolous, and diversionary the efforts by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Atiku Abubakar to rubbish President Tinubu’s credentials.
But it must be done in the full, confident sense that doing so is not an optional, frivolous add-on to the real job of governing.
But I was also feeling like it was a little frivolous.
Emudainohwo described the petition as frivolous, adding that it was scandalous for the petition to be filed 46 days after the party was aware their candidate was not interested in it.
Femininity in the media has often become synonymous with the weak and frivolous, the uncomplicated and vulnerable.
His lawsuit alleges: 'McMurray has developed a practice of bringing frivolous lawsuits over hate crime hoaxes on behalf of clients in addition to other meritless lawsuits.
I keep hoping that as professional online gaming grows in popularity, they may decide to sponsor a team, but perhaps that’s too frivolous.
I know the world is full of real issues and mine is on the frivolous list, but every year, I have to ask.
In the last six months, many frivolous ‘arrangeé’ travels were made for the President where he was convinced he had to go with a huge entourage from all sorts of ministries and agencies with their ministers.
It’s an old trickery, one that fools the game’s frivolous fans, and there are many around these days.
Jurgen Klopp's side must also take in account the FA's stance on 'frivolous' appeals, which can result in a three-game ban being upgraded to four if the appeal is rejected.
Justice James Omotoso of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Friday awarded N17 Million cost against three litigants and their lawyer for filing a frivolous suit seeking to stop the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Lake has turned filing frivolous election fraud claims into a full-time job.
New: A DC Bar hearing committee has recommended Rudy Giuliani be disbarred for pressing "frivolous" 2020 election challenge in Pennsylvania — an expected development and not the final say, but another setback for Giuliani.
That matter is frivolous.
That way you don’t need to lose customers over a frivolous fee.
The £20bn price tag of the essential guarantee is frivolous and impractical.
The Chancellor also said that having a debate about fighter jets “seems frivolous” when the country only decided Wednesday to send 80 to Ukraine.
The Rover defended its reporting as true in a motion filed earlier this month to dismiss the case, under a law meant to protect people from frivolous lawsuits over matters of public concern.
The Scottish group had a short shelf life in the mid-'70s – their last chart hit arrived in 1977 – but their only No. 1 remains one of the all-time great tributes to the frivolous joys of S-s-s-saturday night.
Common combinations with frivolous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- as frivolous 17×
- frivolous and 15×
- and frivolous 13×
- the frivolous 13×
- is frivolous 8×
- frivolous or 8×
- of frivolous 6×
- with frivolous 6×
- on frivolous 6×
- frivolous lawsuits 4×