trifling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: trifling	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for trifling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trifling adj not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter" Synonym(s): negligible, paltry, trifling n the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working Synonym(s): dalliance, dawdling, trifling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trifle \Tri"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trifled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trifling}.] [OE. trifelen, truflen. See {Trifle}, n.] To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements. They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us. --Hooker. {To trifle with}, to play the fool with; to treat without respect or seriousness; to mock; as, to trifle with one's feelings, or with sacred things.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trifling \Tri"fling\, a. Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair. -- {Tri"flingly}, adv. -- {Tri"flingness}, n.