different between unimportant vs trifling
unimportant
English
Etymology
un- +? important
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??n?m?p??t?nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??n?m?p??t?nt/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /??n?m?po(?)?t?nt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /??n?m?po?.t?nt/
Adjective
unimportant (comparative more unimportant, superlative most unimportant)
- petty; not important or noteworthy
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:insignificant
- Antonym: important
Derived terms
- unimportantly
Related terms
- unimportance
Translations
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- what seems important to the general population
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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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