trifling
Not worth mentioning
Trifling describes something of little value or importance: a trifling sum, trifling matters.
Applied to people, it means frivolous, unreliable, or not worth serious attention—someone who wastes time or can't be counted on: Don't bother with him, he's trifling.
This sense is especially common in African American English, where calling someone trifling is a pointed dismissal of their character.
Lacking significance or weight
- paltryContemptibly meager
- negligibleToo small to consider
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- pettyOf little importance
minor · slight · meager · nominal · minimal · insubstantial · immaterial · peripheral
Carelessly disrespectful
- giddyDizzy or excitedly silly
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
- light-heartedCheerful and carefree
- carefreeFree from anxiety
superficial · silly · playful · feckless · irresponsible · flighty · vapid · fickle
Excessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- nigglingTrivially but persistently bothersome
- hair-splittingExcessive focus on trivialities
- pedanticExcessively concerned with minor rules
captious · fault-finding · persnickety · picayune · small-minded · mean-spirited · grudging · spiteful
Leisurely time-wasting
- toyingHandling carelessly or idly
- fiddlingAimless, restless manipulation
- putteringUnhurried aimless activity
- loiteringPurposeless public lingering
dilly-dallying · frittering · wasting · idling · lingering · flirting · philandering · playing
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- paltryContemptibly meager
- negligibleToo small to consider
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
petty · minor · slight · meager · nominal · minimal · insubstantial · immaterial · peripheral · marginal
flippant
Carelessly disrespectful
- giddyDizzy or excitedly silly
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
- light-heartedCheerful and carefree
carefree · superficial · silly · playful · feckless · irresponsible · flighty · vapid · fickle · ditsy
nitpicking
Excessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- nigglingTrivially but persistently bothersome
- hair-splittingExcessive focus on trivialities
pedantic · captious · fault-finding · persnickety · picayune · small-minded · mean-spirited · grudging · spiteful · ungenerous
dawdling
Leisurely time-wasting
- toyingHandling carelessly or idly
- fiddlingAimless, restless manipulation
- putteringUnhurried aimless activity
loitering · dilly-dallying · frittering · wasting · idling · lingering · flirting · philandering · playing · dabbling
bauble
Showy, worthless ornament
- trinketSmall worthless ornament
- knickknackSmall decorative object
- bagatelleTrivial matter or thing
frippery · gewgaw · tchotchke · novelty · curio · bric-a-brac · gimcrack · doodad · pittance
- Insignificant thingstrivial, minor, small, tiny, negligible
- frivolousnesssilliness, whimsy, playfulness, levity, giddiness
- futilefutile, useless, pointless, fruitless, vain
- nonessentialunnecessary, unneeded, nonessential, inessential, dispensable
- petty behaviorsspite, malice, meanness, nastiness, bitterness
- smallnesssmall, little, tiny, mini, miniature
triflingsignificant
Having notable importance
important · consequential · momentous · weighty · substantial
triflingsubstantial
Of notable size or importance
considerable · big · large · sizeable · enormous