Trivial
adjective
Something that is not important or serious.
I don't understand why she gets upset about such trivial things.
Often appears as...
- trivial matter
- trivial problem
adjective
Relating to or making a detailed point about something minor.
Is it not a bit trivial to argue about spelling in such important documents?
Often appears as...
- trivial point
- trivial error
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Academic
adjective
Having little value or importance.
To some people, collecting stamps might seem a trivial hobby.
Often appears as...
- trivial matter
- trivial value
adjective
In mathematics, it refers to a problem or proof that is simple and easy to solve.
In linear algebra, the Trivial Solution is a solution that is always true, regardless of the values of the variables.
Often appears as...
- trivial solution
- trivial case
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Academic
adjective
In computing, it refers to a program or code that is simple and straightforward, performing only a simple task.
The developer created a trivial program to demonstrate the basic use of the language.
Often appears as...
- trivial program
- trivial code
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Technical
adjective
Something that is not important or serious.
I don't understand why she gets upset about such trivial things.
Often appears as...
- trivial matter
- trivial problem
adjective
Relating to or making a detailed point about something minor.
Is it not a bit trivial to argue about spelling in such important documents?
Often appears as...
- trivial point
- trivial error
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Having little value or importance.
To some people, collecting stamps might seem a trivial hobby.
Often appears as...
- trivial matter
- trivial value
adjective
In mathematics, it refers to a problem or proof that is simple and easy to solve.
In linear algebra, the Trivial Solution is a solution that is always true, regardless of the values of the variables.
Often appears as...
- trivial solution
- trivial case
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
In computing, it refers to a program or code that is simple and straightforward, performing only a simple task.
The developer created a trivial program to demonstrate the basic use of the language.
Often appears as...
- trivial program
- trivial code
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Weight
Used to indicate something lacks emotional significance and shouldn't upset someone.
He dismissed my concerns as trivial and walked away.
Pro Tip 2/2Conversation Tone
Often used in casual conversations to downplay issues or problems being discussed.
Why worry about such trivial matters when we have bigger challenges?
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Weight
Used to indicate something lacks emotional significance and shouldn't upset someone.
He dismissed my concerns as trivial and walked away.
Pro Tip 2/2Conversation Tone
Often used in casual conversations to downplay issues or problems being discussed.
Why worry about such trivial matters when we have bigger challenges?
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Weight
Used to indicate something lacks emotional significance and shouldn't upset someone.
He dismissed my concerns as trivial and walked away.
Pro Tip 2/2Conversation Tone
Often used in casual conversations to downplay issues or problems being discussed.
Why worry about such trivial matters when we have bigger challenges?
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underground cavern you still have to have airtight holes and stuff like that it's not like it'll hold the air in but it'll protect you from radiation and it also protect you from temperature extremes the trick is lava tubes are not so easy to find because they're underground we're still in the process of figuring out where those are and mapping them is not a trivial thing now
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The mystery of chronic...
sixteen years old last year when I met her and she aspired to be a professional dancer and during the course of one of her dance rehearsals she fell on her outstretched arm and sprained her wrist now you would probably imagine as she did that a wrist sprain is a trivial event in a person's life rapid in an ace bandage takes some ibuprofen for a week
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The game that can give...
Now at the time, I'm thinking to myself, what is going on here? I mean, how could a game so trivial intervene so powerfully in such serious, and in some cases life-and-death, circumstances? I mean, if it hadn't worked for me, there's no way I would have believed it was possible. Well, it turns out there's some science here, too.
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How to take a picture of...
and we get to observe different parts of the image. The imaging algorithms we develop fill in the missing gaps of the disco ball in order to reconstruct the underlying black hole image. If we had telescopes located everywhere on the globe -- in other words, the entire disco ball -- this would be trivial.
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Celeste Headlee: 10 ways...
But these days, with climate change and anti-vaxxing, those subjects -- are not safe either. So this world that we live in, this world in which every conversation has the potential to devolve into an argument, where our politicians can't speak to one another and where even the most trivial of issues
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Robots with "soul" PIPE Guy...
into something as trivial as a desk lamp. I mean, look at them -- at the end of this movie, you actually feel something for two pieces of furniture. And I said, I have to learn how to do this. So I made a really bad career decision. And that's what my mom was like when I did it.
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The lies we tell about...
thousands of them have wanted to watch that movie know why I want to go back to the admittedly trivial example of the lies that I told about myself the fact is they worked I got on perfectly well with people who may otherwise have been hostile to me and so it is with the
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Michael Porter: Why...
It's capitalism as it was ultimately meant to be, meeting important needs, not incrementally competing for trivial differences in product attributes and market share. Shared value is when we can create social value and economic value simultaneously.
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5 ways to listen better...
This is not trivial, because listening is our access to understanding. Conscious listening always creates understanding, and only without conscious listening can these things happen. A world where we don't listen to each other at all
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The uncomplicated truth...
For anyone who still feels this is a trivial issue, consider understanding your body is crucial to the huge issue of sex education and consent. By deeply, intimately knowing what kind of touch feels right,
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Building Shelter PIPE How...
underground cavern you still have to have airtight holes and stuff like that it's not like it'll hold the air in but it'll protect you from radiation and it also protect you from temperature extremes the trick is lava tubes are not so easy to find because they're underground we're still in the process of figuring out where those are and mapping them is not a trivial thing now
Video examples
The mystery of chronic...
sixteen years old last year when I met her and she aspired to be a professional dancer and during the course of one of her dance rehearsals she fell on her outstretched arm and sprained her wrist now you would probably imagine as she did that a wrist sprain is a trivial event in a person's life rapid in an ace bandage takes some ibuprofen for a week
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The game that can give...
Now at the time, I'm thinking to myself, what is going on here? I mean, how could a game so trivial intervene so powerfully in such serious, and in some cases life-and-death, circumstances? I mean, if it hadn't worked for me, there's no way I would have believed it was possible. Well, it turns out there's some science here, too.
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How to take a picture of...
and we get to observe different parts of the image. The imaging algorithms we develop fill in the missing gaps of the disco ball in order to reconstruct the underlying black hole image. If we had telescopes located everywhere on the globe -- in other words, the entire disco ball -- this would be trivial.
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Celeste Headlee: 10 ways...
But these days, with climate change and anti-vaxxing, those subjects -- are not safe either. So this world that we live in, this world in which every conversation has the potential to devolve into an argument, where our politicians can't speak to one another and where even the most trivial of issues
Video examples
Robots with "soul" PIPE Guy...
into something as trivial as a desk lamp. I mean, look at them -- at the end of this movie, you actually feel something for two pieces of furniture. And I said, I have to learn how to do this. So I made a really bad career decision. And that's what my mom was like when I did it.
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The lies we tell about...
thousands of them have wanted to watch that movie know why I want to go back to the admittedly trivial example of the lies that I told about myself the fact is they worked I got on perfectly well with people who may otherwise have been hostile to me and so it is with the
Video examples
Michael Porter: Why...
It's capitalism as it was ultimately meant to be, meeting important needs, not incrementally competing for trivial differences in product attributes and market share. Shared value is when we can create social value and economic value simultaneously.
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5 ways to listen better...
This is not trivial, because listening is our access to understanding. Conscious listening always creates understanding, and only without conscious listening can these things happen. A world where we don't listen to each other at all
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The uncomplicated truth...
For anyone who still feels this is a trivial issue, consider understanding your body is crucial to the huge issue of sex education and consent. By deeply, intimately knowing what kind of touch feels right,
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Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian Writer
Creative experimentation propels our culture forward. That our stories of innovation tend to glorify the breakthroughs and edit out all the experimental mistakes doesn't mean that mistakes play a trivial role. As any artist or scientist knows, without some protected, even sacred space for mistakes, innovation would cease.
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Barack Obama
American President
I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
Take the complications, rules, shoulds, musts, have tos, and so on out of your life. By uncomplicating your life and removing the trivial pursuits that occupy so much of it, you open a channel for the genius within you to emerge.
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George Jean Nathan
American Editor
Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Many a trivial novel has been written about an important subject, and many a profound one about nothing in particular.
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Henry Clay
American Statesman
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
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Ethel Merman
American Musician
When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
Words are not trivial. They matter because they raise consciousness.
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Julius Caesar
Roman Leader
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
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Donald Hall
American Poet
Everything important always begins from something trivial.
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Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian Writer
Creative experimentation propels our culture forward. That our stories of innovation tend to glorify the breakthroughs and edit out all the experimental mistakes doesn't mean that mistakes play a trivial role. As any artist or scientist knows, without some protected, even sacred space for mistakes, innovation would cease.
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Barack Obama
American President
I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
Take the complications, rules, shoulds, musts, have tos, and so on out of your life. By uncomplicating your life and removing the trivial pursuits that occupy so much of it, you open a channel for the genius within you to emerge.
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George Jean Nathan
American Editor
Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Many a trivial novel has been written about an important subject, and many a profound one about nothing in particular.
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Henry Clay
American Statesman
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
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Ethel Merman
American Musician
When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
Words are not trivial. They matter because they raise consciousness.
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Julius Caesar
Roman Leader
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
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Donald Hall
American Poet
Everything important always begins from something trivial.
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