trifling

TRY-flingadj

Meaning small and unimportant

Memory hook TRIFLE: a TINY little thing. The ring toss costs one penny, and Ivy flips it into the jar without a second thought: a trifling sum.

The repair cost a trifling sum: just two dollars for a new screw.

In context Compared with the flood that soaked the whole basement, the dripping faucet was a trifling problem, so Dad decided it could wait until spring.

Similar trivial, minor, petty, negligible

Opposite important, serious, significant

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