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The small, precise, or trivial details of something
Worthless or insubstantial talk, ideas, or activities
Someone or something of relatively little consequence, importance, or value
Attractive articles of little value or use
“It was a cheap trifle, made not of silver, but tin, with no ornamenting jewels.”
Matters considered trivial or insignificant
“It is true that this production is a literary trifle, but it is not altogether a useless trifle.”
Plural for a small amount of something
“I'm getting just a trifle too old for such frantic scramblings as this morning's little fray.”
Plural for a ridiculously small amount
“The fine imposed is but a trifle compared to his immense wealth.”
Plural for the quality of being negligible
Plural for senseless talk or writing
Plural for a small or trivial annoyance
Plural for something that is given as charity, especially a sum of money
Plural for a state or quantity that has no value or significance, below absolute absence or unreality
To treat without seriousness or respect
“This is too serious a matter to trifle with, and it's too heartfelt an issue.”
To behave or spend time in a frivolous way
“His antipathy to legal studies led him to trifle away in the most gentlemanly and unsatisfactory manner.”
To waste something frivolously
“It concerns every man, who will not trifle away his soul, and fool himself into irrecoverable misery.”
To act flirtatiously
“Christopher countered by saying he was hardly going to trifle with his best friend's sister, and he was certainly not some rake who would play her false.”
To interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations
To flirt, especially in a manner that is unfaithful to one's significant other
To spend one's time in an aimless, idle way
To move or act at a slow speed
To deceive or fool someone
To talk much and to little purpose
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