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trifling   (TTS Sound)

The noun trifling has 1 sense

• dalliance, dawdling, trifling -- (the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working)

The verb trifle has 3 senses

• piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle -- (waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently)


• frivol, trifle -- (act frivolously)


• dally, trifle, play -- (consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania")

The adj trifling has 1 sense

• negligible, paltry, trifling -- (not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter")