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Of little importance

Lacking sense, meaning, or purpose

Rather silly or lighthearted in nature

Physically small or little in size or amount

Not convincing, plausible or believable

Easily excused or forgiven

(of entertainment) Not profound or serious

(of something abstract) Perceived only with attention to detail or subtlety

Playing at courtship

A disinclination to action or work

A lack of seriousness, especially at an improper time

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 flirt, especially in a manner that is unfaithful to one's significant other

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 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

not worth speaking of

of no great concern

dissatisfactory

beside the point

thin on the ground

hard to come by

few and far between

counterproductive

of minor importance

good-for-nothing

underrepresented

in short supply

without rhyme or reason

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

unconsequential

hardly worth mentioning

of no significance

of little import

too little too late

of less importance

of little value

of negligible value

in the minority

out of the ordinary

no great shakes

of no financial value

no good to gundy

lacking foundation

would fetch nothing

without grounds

without foundation

smallest amount of

without success

in vicious circle

one-dimensional

undistinguished

underprivileged

lacking substance

lower in status

of no earthly use

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

undistinguishable

unrecognized^US

unrecognised^UK

unsubstantiated

wide of the mark

beside the question

wide of the point

not to the purpose

off the subject

not significant

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

Adjective

Lacking sense, meaning, or purpose

devoid of intelligence

feather-brained

dead from the neck up

inconsequential

incomprehensible

ill-thought-out

without rhyme or reason

not intelligent

slow on the uptake

mentally deficient

as thick as two short planks

thick as two short planks

mentally handicapped

without thought

not the full shilling

soft in the head

extremely foolish

off your trolley

stupidly irresponsible

uncomprehending

lacking in sense

beyond all reason

out of all reason

good-humored^US

good-humoured^UK

one-dimensional

lacking substance

lacking seriousness

good-for-nothing

taking the cake

without foundation

self-contradictory

not making sense

beyond the bounds of possibility

of little consequence

of little importance

of no consequence

not worth bothering about

not worth mentioning

of little account

nickel-and-dime

out of the question

counterintuitive

non compos mentis

out of the ordinary

mentally incompetent

worthy of scorn

wet behind the ears

hardly possible

contrary to reason

not tightly wrapped

over-optimistic

not worth considering

out in left field

highly unlikely

foolishly optimistic

beyond the realm of reason

not remotely possible

head in the clouds

out of touch with reality

of unsound mind

sick in the head

mad as a hatter

stark raving mad

away with the fairies

nutty as a fruitcake

foaming at the mouth

mad as a March hare

round the twist

stark staring mad

not right in the head

not quite right in the head

not right upstairs

as daft as a brush

have a screw loose

have bats in the belfry

have kangaroos in the top paddock

mentally unbalanced

out of one's head

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Adjective

Rather silly or lighthearted in nature

feather-brained

not thinking clearly

with a mind like a sieve

lacking seriousness

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Adjective

Physically small or little in size or amount

knee-high to a grasshopper

miniaturized^US

miniaturised^UK

knee high to a grasshopper

nickel-and-dime

not worth bothering about

a slip of a …

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Adjective

Not convincing, plausible or believable

scarcely credible

difficult to believe

hard to believe

hard to swallow

beyond the bounds of possibility

out of the question

not in the least likely

incomprehensible

imcomprehensible

extremely implausible

extremely unlikely

extremely doubtful

extremely difficult to believe

not to be thought of

highly unlikely

won't hold water

not able to hold water

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Adjective

Easily excused or forgiven

within accepted bounds

on the up and up

able to hold water

Adjective

(of entertainment) Not profound or serious

Adjective

(of something abstract) Perceived only with attention to detail or subtlety

Noun

Playing at courtship

Noun

A disinclination to action or work

dolce far niente

lackadaisicalness

unresponsiveness

absence of movement

unconsciousness

unproductiveness

immobilization^US

non-intervention

immobilisation^UK

disinclination to move

stillness of movement

lack of sensation

procrastination

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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

being full of the joys of spring

self-indulgence

lightness of heart

mischievousness

sunshine and rainbows

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Noun

Dawdling

procrastinating

procrastination

Determiner

Emphasizing insignificance

Verb

Present participle for to treat without seriousness or respect

amusing oneself

playing games with

scratching the surface

experimenting with

exposing yourself to

pottering about

pottering about with

amusing oneself with

fidgetting with

monkeying around

working superficially

pottering around with

pottering round with

interfering with

handling without permission

touching without permission

adjusting slightly

trying to improve

playing about with

playing around 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

knocking around

twiddling thumbs

lounging around

frittering away

frittering away time

whiling away hours

not lifting a finger

standing around

piddling around

whiling away the hours

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

spending freely

throwing down the drain

playing ducks and drakes with

spending foolishly

spending too much

dispensing with

suffering the loss of

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

spending money as if it were going out of fashion

indulging oneself

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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

“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 flirt, especially in a manner that is unfaithful to one's significant other

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

acting the fool

indulging in horseplay

clowning around

monkeying about

acting the goat

making mischief

playing the fool

playing the giddy goat

acting foolishly

engaging in high jinks

playing the goat

acting the clown

playing for laughs

letting off steam

springing about

bounding around

springing around

footling around

acting the giddy goat

going on a tear

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Verb

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

monkeying around

fiddling around

doing damage to

doing mischief to

messing around with

poking one's nose into

monkeying about

handling without permission

touching without permission

interfering with

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Verb

Present participle for to deceive or fool someone

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

thinking twice about

having qualms about

hanging back from

having reservations about

having scruples about

shying away from

dragging your feet

having misgivings about

vacillating about

going from one extreme to the other

fence-straddling

staying in the background

demurring about

minding doing something

sitting on fence

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

whiffling waffling

lacking conviction

harbouring reservations about

wondering about

expressing suspicions about

having doubts about

feeling uneasy about

harbouring suspicions about

having suspicions about

having hesitations about

thinking something unlikely

entertaining doubts about

expressing reservations about

feeling uncertain

scrupling about

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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

dropping behind

trailing behind

dragging behind

bringing up the rear

whiling away time

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Verb

Piffling or twaddling

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