How do you use Trivial in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like unimportant or insignificant, plus the exact meaning.
Trivial in a sentence
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Trivial meaning
- Ignorable; of little significance or value.
- Commonplace, ordinary.
- Concerned with or involving trivia.
Synonyms of Trivial
Using Trivial
- The main meaning on this page is: Ignorable; of little significance or value. | Commonplace, ordinary. | Concerned with or involving trivia.
- Useful related words include: unimportant, insignificant, frivolous, superficial.
- In the example corpus, trivial often appears in combinations such as: trivial to, is trivial, trivial and.
Context around Trivial
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Trivial
- In this selection, "trivial" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, non, seem, anything, cases, issues and policies stand out and add context to how "trivial" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include albeit on trivial volumes and are not trivial. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "trivial" sits close to words such as ah, awaits and berkshire, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with trivial
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These highlights are not trivial. (5 words)
All else is trivial and secondary. (6 words)
It's non-trivial, but I think worth doing. (9 words)
The decision to do away with divisions also forges a more meritocratic path toward the Big Ten Championship at a time when an imbalance between East and West rendered the league's title game somewhat trivial. (36 words)
For such innocents of Wodehouse, one of the most entertaining writers and possibly the funniest in the history of the English l., the idea of his prose of a few “outdated” words may seem trivial. (35 words)
The world today is full of much that takes our attention away from Christ and heaven: horrendous crimes, political partisanships, internet seductions, entertainments galore, trivial pursuits as well as personal challenges that affect us deeply. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Differential topology is the study of the (infinitesimal, local, and global) properties of structures on manifolds that have only trivial local moduli ; differential geometry, at least one non-trivial local moduli.
In non-trivial cases, this is done by the investigative section of Defence Command or by civilian police, but trivial cases are investigated by the defendant's own unit.
A great quote to demonstrate this is from the humor writer, Cynthia Heimel, when she wrote, “We must eschew anything trivial.
All else is trivial and secondary.
All of this bears notice not because Norway is wasting money on trivial and stupid research, but because it demonstrates the longing of Westerners for something to feel guilty about.
Apart from games and tasks, tempers are soaring inside the house as Vicky and Ankita are having a huge fall-out over trivial issues.
Asking questions they would know the answer to: Asking what year it is may seem trivial but could be a sign.
For instance, the report notes GPT-4 successfully identified complex scenarios of privilege escalation based on non-trivial policies through multi-IAM accounts.
For such innocents of Wodehouse, one of the most entertaining writers and possibly the funniest in the history of the English l., the idea of his prose of a few “outdated” words may seem trivial.
However, I submit the technical difficulties are trivial compared to the political challenges.
It's non-trivial, but I think worth doing.
LifeStar Holding plc plummeted to the €0.202 level, albeit on trivial volumes.
Ms Robson had appealed against the severity of her sentence, but the tribunal echoed the findings of the appeal judge who said she rejected the notion that the offences were trivial.
The Achilles' heel of every electric truck comes down to hauling: Adding a ton of weight to the load seriously impacts range -- and not in a trivial way.
The bill also allows for the waiver of trivial tax arrears incurred until the end of the previous September.
The decision to do away with divisions also forges a more meritocratic path toward the Big Ten Championship at a time when an imbalance between East and West rendered the league's title game somewhat trivial.
The propensity to fly the American flag for so many trivial reasons seems to degrade its standard of meaning and honor.
These highlights are not trivial.
The world today is full of much that takes our attention away from Christ and heaven: horrendous crimes, political partisanships, internet seductions, entertainments galore, trivial pursuits as well as personal challenges that affect us deeply.
When seen through Palestinian eyes, the ructions within Australian society being caused by the war seem trivial.
Common combinations with trivial
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- trivial to 14×
- is trivial 12×
- trivial and 12×
- not trivial 12×
- seem trivial 11×
- the trivial 10×
- trivial but 9×
- as trivial 9×
- on trivial 8×
- trivial pursuit 8×