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trivial

Syllabification: (triv·i·al)
Pronunciation: /ˈtrivēəl/

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Definition of trivial

adjective

  • of little value or importance:huge fines were imposed for trivial offenses trivial details
  • (of a person) concerned only with trifling or unimportant things.
  • Mathematics denoting a subgroup that either contains only the identity element or is identical with the given group.

Derivatives

trivially

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'belonging to the trivium'): from medieval Latin trivialis, from Latin trivium (see trivium)

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