triviality
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Synonyms for triviality
Synonyms
bagatelle, child's play, frippery, nonproblem, nothing, picayune, shuck(s), small beer, small change, trifle
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Dessert sounds like such a triviality when confronted by all the challenges of deep space, from keeping humans alive to repairing spacecraft. — Mika Mckinnon, Quartz, "Astronauts will bake cookies in space to see how they cook in zero gravity," 1 Aug. 2019 Wherever Godzilla appears, the triviality of humanity’s accomplishments and defences are made plain. — Julian Ch Lee, Quartzy, "Godzilla is the perfect monster for our age of environmental destruction," 1 June 2019 When squabbles do arise, often over the merest triviality, they are usually settled by gestures and loud protest. — National Geographic, "Jane Goodall’s original tale of chimpanzees still astonishes today," 17 Apr. 2019 Knowing whether a polynomial is always nonnegative might seem like a mathematical triviality. — Quanta Magazine, "A Classical Math Problem Gets Pulled Into the Modern World," 23 May 2018 But in some ways, its sheer triviality speaks volumes about Kavanaugh’s character. — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, "Brett Kavanaugh’s habit of dissembling makes it hard to take his word over Ford’s," 24 Sep. 2018 Doing the right thing for shareholders can mean getting into the nation with the world’s most internet users, whatever the price in trivialities such as playing along with an authoritarian regime. — Jon Talton, The Seattle Times, "Behind the fight over Google’s China project, a battle for the company’s soul," 21 Aug. 2018 Carved out cuteness The short length might also play into that cheerful triviality. — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, "Gnog Review: Short and sweet puzzle unboxing," 12 Aug. 2018 The conversation drifted around trivialities like the weather or how longbefore some road construction would be complete. — Anne-marie Yerks, Country Living, "My Knitting Group Was Great—Until the Topic of Kids Came Up," 3 Sep. 2015These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'triviality.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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