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brainless
English
Etymology
From Middle English braynles; equivalent to brain +? -less.
Pronunciation
Adjective
brainless (comparative more brainless, superlative most brainless)
- (not comparable) Having no brain.
- Synonym: anencephalous
- (comparable) Unintelligent, with little common sense.
- "I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital, […]!"
Translations
Anagrams
- bairnless
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trifling
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?a?fli?/
Adjective
trifling (comparative more trifling, superlative most trifling)
- Trivial, or of little importance.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 234a.
- […] it doesn't take him long to make any of them, and he sells them for some trifling sum of money.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 234a.
- Idle or frivolous.
- (African-American Vernacular) Of suspicious character, typically secretive or deceitful; shady.
- 2001, Glenda Howard, Cita's World
- My hand was aching to slap that silly heifer. I told her to take her trifling ass down to Burger King and get herself a job flipping burgers […]
- 2001, Glenda Howard, Cita's World
Synonyms
- trivial
- inconsequential
- petty
- See also Thesaurus:insignificant
Related terms
- trifle
Translations
Noun
trifling (plural triflings)
- The act of one who trifles; frivolous behaviour.
- 1845, George Croly, Samuel Warren, Marston, or the Memoirs of a Statesman
- He writes on the principle, of course, that in one's dotage we are privileged to return to the triflings of our infancy, and that Downing Street cannot be better employed in these days than as a chapel of ease to Eton.
- 1845, George Croly, Samuel Warren, Marston, or the Memoirs of a Statesman
Translations
Verb
trifling
- present participle of trifle
Anagrams
- filtring, flirting
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