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Of little importance

Lacking sense or meaning

Not convincing, plausible or believable

Easily excused or forgiven

(of entertainment) Not profound or serious

Playing at courtship

The state or condition of being inoperative

A lack of seriousness, especially at an improper time

Playful or good-humoured joking

Emphasizing insignificance

Present participle for to treat without seriousness or respect

Present participle for to behave or spend time in a frivolous way

Present participle for to waste something frivolously

Present participle for to act flirtatiously

Present participle for to engage in an activity for enjoyment and recreation

Present participle for to interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations

Present participle for to deceive or fool someone

Present participle for make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience

Present participle for to waste time through aimless wandering or indecision

Present participle for to be slow to act

Piffling or twaddling

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Adjective

Of little importance

inconsequential

nickel-and-dime

of little account

of little consequence

of no consequence

not worth mentioning

of little importance

not worth bothering about

of no importance

twopenny-halfpenny

neither here nor there

beside the point

not worth speaking of

of no great concern

counterproductive

dissatisfactory

good-for-nothing

of minor importance

not to the point

in short supply

thin on the ground

hard to come by

few and far between

unconsequential

hardly worth mentioning

of no significance

too little too late

no great shakes

of less importance

no good to gundy

without rhyme or reason

lacking substance

save one's breath

not worth the candle

of little import

indistinguishable

barely perceptible

bargain-basement

lacking foundation

smallest amount of

without success

matter of indifference

a matter of indifference

makes no difference

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

without grounds

without foundation

in vicious circle

of little value

of negligible value

in the minority

out of the ordinary

not pertaining to

nothing to do with

not connected with

off the subject

not worth a hill of beans

of no financial value

one-dimensional

would fetch nothing

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“What seems to many a trifling matter of wording could have profound consequences.”

Adjective

Lacking sense or meaning

devoid of intelligence

without rhyme or reason

good-for-nothing

dead from the neck up

feather-brained

slow on the uptake

as thick as two short planks

uncomprehending

not the full shilling

wet behind the ears

thick as two short planks

unknowledgeable

unsophisticated

a brick short of a load

two sandwiches short of a picnic

as green as grass

hell-for-leather

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Adjective

Of small size

knee-high to a grasshopper

miniaturized^US

miniaturised^UK

knee high to a grasshopper

a slip of a …

nickel-and-dime

not worth bothering about

unconsequential

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Adjective

Trifling

inconsequential

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Adjective

Not convincing, plausible or believable

scarcely credible

difficult to believe

hard to believe

hard to swallow

inconsequential

won't hold water

highly unlikely

out of the question

beyond the bounds of possibility

unsubstantiated

incomprehensible

not in the least likely

out of the ordinary

imcomprehensible

extremely implausible

extremely doubtful

extremely unlikely

beyond possibility

self-contradictory

extremely difficult to believe

not to be thought of

lacking substance

not able to hold water

inapprehensible

sensationalized^US

not understandable

beyond one's wildest dreams

beyond the realm of reason

sensationalised^UK

highly coloured

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Adjective

Easily excused or forgiven

Adjective

(of entertainment) Not profound or serious

Noun

Playing at courtship

Noun

The state or condition of being inoperative

inoperativeness

dolce far niente

lackadaisicalness

unresponsiveness

nonparticipation

procrastination

unconsciousness

immobilization^US

immobilisation^UK

emotionlessness

lack of progress

lack of exertion

lack of motivation

disinclination to move

underdevelopment

time on your hands

insusceptibility

discontinuation

absence of movement

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Noun

Joking, tricks

Noun

A lack of seriousness, especially at an improper time

light-headedness

light-heartedness

light-mindedness

lightheartedness

inconsequentiality

empty-headedness

high-spiritedness

irrepressibility

transports of delight

self-indulgence

being full of the joys of spring

lightness of heart

mischievousness

warm-heartedness

preposterousness

nonsensicalness

incongruousness

unconventionality

unreasonableness

monkey business

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Noun

Dawdling

procrastinating

procrastination

Noun

Playful or good-humoured joking

taking the mickey

good-humoured mockery

contemptuousness

pulling someone's chain

superciliousness

misrepresentation

backhanded compliment

character assassination

distorted drawing

false impression

exaggerated drawing

slap in the face

snappy comeback

clowning around

stigmatization^US

stigmatisation^UK

scandalmongering

poor substitute

extreme dislike

marginalization^US

witty conversation

marginalisation^UK

underestimation

verbal disapproval

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Determiner

Emphasizing insignificance

Verb

Present participle for to treat without seriousness or respect

amusing oneself

playing games with

pottering about

pottering about with

amusing oneself with

fidgetting with

monkeying around

working superficially

pottering around with

pottering round with

handling without permission

touching without permission

adjusting slightly

trying to improve

playing about with

playing around with

interfering with

working amateurishly on

fooling around with

fooling about with

mucking about with

messing around with

messing about with

mucking around with

rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic

tinkering with the edges of

tinkering at the edges of

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“This is too serious a matter to trifle with, and it's too heartfelt an issue.”

Verb

Present participle for to behave or spend time in a frivolous way

pottering around

monkeying around

puttering around

fiddling around

twiddling thumbs

lounging around

frittering away

frittering away time

standing around

knocking around

whiling away hours

not lifting a finger

whiling away the hours

piddling around

acting the fool

mooching around

taking things easy

whiling away the time

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“His antipathy to legal studies led him to trifle away in the most gentlemanly and unsatisfactory manner.”

Verb

Present participle for to waste something frivolously

spending unwisely

running through

making poor use of

spending money as if there were no tomorrow

spending like water

spending money as if it were going out of style

getting through

spending money as if it grew on trees

chucking something down the drain

pouring down the drain

throwing around like confetti

frittering away

pouring money down the drain

spending money as if it grows on trees

spending money like water

frivolling away

throwing money down the drain

spending recklessly

throwing money around

throwing down the drain

spending freely

playing ducks and drakes with

spending money as if it were going out of fashion

spending too much

spending foolishly

dispensing with

suffering the loss of

laying something out

burning through

stopping having

spending as if there were no tomorrow

spending as if it grows on trees

spending as if it were going out of style

kissing goodbye

indulging oneself

misappropriating

throwing money at

footing the bill

using fraudulently

putting to wrong use

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“It concerns every man, who will not trifle away his soul, and fool himself into irrecoverable misery.”

Verb

Present participle for to act flirtatiously

making advances

philandering with

making advances at

stringing along

batting eyes at

giving the come-on to

behaving flirtatiously

amusing oneself

playing fast and loose

making sheep's eyes at

making romantic advances to

setting your cap at

sleeping around

playing the field

having an affair

screwing around

committing adultery

having relations

having affairs affair

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“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.”

Verb

Present participle for to engage in an activity for enjoyment and recreation

amusing oneself

entertaining oneself

occupying oneself

amusing yourself

disporting oneself

diverting oneself

enjoying oneself

fiddling around

having a good time

monkeying around

pottering around

puttering around

engaging in games

enjoying yourself

kicking up one's heels

going on a spree

letting your hair down

Verb

Present participle for to interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations

Verb

Present participle for to deceive or fool someone

Verb

Present participle for make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience

Verb

Present participle for to waste time through aimless wandering or indecision

procrastinating

shilly-shallying

whiling away time

hemming and hawing

humming and hawing

blowing hot and cold

dragging your heels

playing a waiting game

pussyfooting around

sitting on the fence

umming and ahing

chopping and changing

running hot and cold

getting cold feet

keeping changing your mind

doubting yourself

having misgivings

dragging your feet

going from one extreme to the other

beating around the bush

staying in the background

whiffling waffling

sitting on fence

fence-straddling

rising and falling

going up and down

using delaying tactics

taking a raincheck

putting off doing something

suspending action

postponing action

deferring action

playing for time

letting something slide

kicking the can down the road

lacking conviction

harbouring reservations about

wondering about

expressing suspicions about

having doubts about

feeling uneasy about

having reservations about

harbouring suspicions about

having suspicions about

having hesitations about

thinking something unlikely

entertaining doubts about

expressing reservations about

feeling uncertain

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Verb

Present participle for to be slow to act

procrastinating

shilly-shallying

taking your time

dragging your feet

taking one's time

pottering about

pottering around

diddle-daddling

frittering time away

pottering round

shlepping along

frittering away

scrounging around

warming a chair

getting no place fast

sitting on one's butt

whiling away time

playing games with

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Verb

Piffling or twaddling

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