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triviality

/ˌtɹɪviˈæləti/

triviality noun: the quality of being trivial or unimportant.

Noun

triviality (countable and uncountable, plural trivialities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being trivial or unimportant.
    Synonyms:
    fiddle
  2. (countable) Something which is trivial or unimportant.
    • I propose to devote the remainder of mine to it, and can only regret the wasted years that lie behind me, squandered in trivialities.1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC
    • Yes, I have a case. After a month of trivialities and stagnation the wheels move once more.1922 February–March, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Problem of Thor Bridge”, in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published June 1927, →OCLC, page 172

triviality meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

triviality in Tamil

something trivial
அற்பம் aṟpam
quality of being trivial
அற்பம் aṟpam

triviality in Bengali

triviality, worthlessness, insignificance, unimportance
অকিঞ্চিৎকরতা okincitkorota

triviality in Malayalam

നിസ്സാരമായ വസ്തുവോ ആശയമോ

Examples of triviality in a sentence

  • I never bother about such trivialities.
  • The editor called the new "novels" book-lengthers without the trivialities and slow development of the usual novel.
  • The computer itself is of the utmost triviality to the workings of the infomachine you are watching.

All 14 example sentences with triviality

Synonyms of triviality

12 more synonymsFewer synonyms

All synonyms of triviality

Forms of triviality

pluraltrivialities

Origin of triviality

From trivial + -ity.

Words formed from triviality

Questions about triviality

What does triviality mean?
Triviality means the quality of being trivial or unimportant.
What is triviality in Tamil?
Triviality in Tamil is அற்பம் (aṟpam). See Triviality meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is triviality?
Triviality is a noun.
How do you pronounce triviality?
Triviality is pronounced /ˌtɹɪviˈæləti/.
What is the plural of triviality?
The plural of triviality is trivialities.

Words near triviality in the dictionary

  1. trivialisms
  2. trivialist
  3. trivialistic
  4. trivialists
  5. trivialities
  6. triviality
  7. trivializable
  8. trivialization
  9. trivializations
  10. trivialize
  11. trivialized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: triviality (page history and authors); অকিঞ্চিৎকরতা (Bengali) (page history and authors); triviality (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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