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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 deceive or fool someone

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

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

Present participle for to spend time in a relaxed, lazy manner

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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

save one's breath

unconsequential

of no significance

too little too late

no great shakes

hardly worth mentioning

of less importance

indistinguishable

barely perceptible

no good to gundy

without rhyme or reason

lacking substance

not worth the candle

of little import

bargain-basement

smallest amount of

lacking foundation

without success

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

matter of indifference

a matter of indifference

makes no difference

without grounds

without foundation

in vicious circle

not pertaining to

nothing to do with

not connected with

off the subject

of little value

of negligible value

in the minority

thin on the ground

hard to come by

few and far between

out of the ordinary

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

unsophisticated

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

a brick short of a load

two sandwiches short of a picnic

as green as grass

hell-for-leather

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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

two-dimensional

imcomprehensible

extremely implausible

extremely doubtful

extremely unlikely

self-contradictory

beyond possibility

extremely difficult to believe

not to be thought of

without substance

not able to hold water

inapprehensible

sensationalized^US

not understandable

beyond the realm of reason

beyond wildest dreams

beyond your wildest dreams

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

time on one's hands

dolce far niente

unresponsiveness

lackadaisicalness

nonparticipation

procrastination

immobilization^US

immobilisation^UK

lack of progress

lack of exertion

non-intervention

lack of motivation

emotionlessness

disinclination to move

time on your hands

discontinuation

unconsciousness

insusceptibility

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

taking the piss

good-humoured mockery

contemptuousness

backhanded compliment

object of ridicule

reproachfulness

superciliousness

strong aversion

intense dislike

opprobriousness

clowning around

extreme dislike

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Determiner

Emphasizing insignificance

Verb

Present participle for to treat without seriousness or respect

“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

acting the fool

amusing oneself

entertaining oneself

occupying oneself

disporting oneself

enjoying oneself

amusing yourself

entertaining yourself

having a good time

diverting oneself

engaging in games

enjoying yourself

kicking up heels

occupying yourself

going on a spree

letting one's hair down

lounging around

mooching around

clowning around

playing the fool

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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

running through

frittering away

spending unwisely

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

failing to exploit

getting through

spending money as if it grew on trees

chucking something down the drain

throwing around like confetti

pouring something down the drain

spending recklessly

pouring money down the drain

spending money as if it grows on trees

spending money like water

frivolling away

throwing money down the drain

throwing money around

pouring down the drain

throwing down the drain

spending freely

bestowing freely

giving generously

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

giving unstintingly

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

screwing around

sleeping around

playing the field

having an affair

making sheep's eyes at

making romantic advances to

amusing oneself

playing fast and loose

having relations

committing adultery

having affairs affair

making overtures to

making advances to

sowing one's oats

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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 deceive or fool someone

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 nose into

monkeying about

interfering with

mucking about with

mucking around with

adjusting slightly

rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic

pottering about with

trying to improve

tinkering with the edges of

playing about with

messing about with

tinkering at the edges of

playing around with

fooling around with

fooling about with

working amateurishly on

handling without permission

touching without permission

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Verb

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

moving restlessly

acting aimlessly

fidgetting with

tossing and turning

thrashing about

twisting and turning

extricating oneself

feeling uncomfortable

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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

changing one's mind

doubting yourself

having misgivings

doubting oneself

hanging back from

vacillating about

having reservations about

having misgivings about

thinking twice about

having scruples about

keeping changing your mind

shying away from

going from one extreme to the other

having qualms about

wiggle-waggling

scrupling about

fence-straddling

beating around the bush

whiffling waffling

staying in the background

dragging your feet

speaking haltingly

walking unsteadily

dropping the ball

going up and down

rising and falling

moving clumsily

walking falteringly

wondering about

feeling uneasy about

harbouring suspicions about

having hesitations about

expressing reservations about

lacking conviction

harbouring reservations about

expressing suspicions about

having doubts about

having suspicions about

thinking something unlikely

entertaining doubts about

feeling uncertain

demurring about

following one another

coming and going

acting reciprocally

occurring in rotation

acting in sequence

working in sequence

taking it in turns

occurring in turn

following in turn

disrelishing something

minding doing something

having second thoughts

sitting on fence

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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

dragging one's feet

playing for time

whiling away time

humming and hawing

putting off doing something

using delaying tactics

playing a waiting game

holding the phone

dragging your heels

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Verb

Piffling or twaddling

Verb

Present participle for to spend time in a relaxed, lazy manner

lounging around

frittering away time

twiddling thumbs

piddling around

whiling away hours

whiling away the hours

knocking around

not lifting a finger

standing around

frittering away

taking things easy

mooching around

whiling away the time

amusing oneself

putting your feet up

taking time off

entertaining oneself

enjoying oneself

twiddling your thumbs

letting it all hang out

taking a breather

taking time out

making yourself at home

taking your ease

stretching oneself

slouching about

slouching around

draping oneself

idling away time

filling in time

passing the time

sitting on one's hands

idling away the hours

letting yourself go

putting one's feet up

kicking your heels

flopping around

frittering time away

doing nothing in particular

whiling away time

twiddling one's thumbs

fiddling around

stooging around

composing oneself

letting oneself go

making less tense

collecting oneself

making oneself at home

taking one's time

feeling at home

letting your hair down

sitting back and do nothing

kicking one's heels

warming oneself

warming yourself

toasting yourself

sunning oneself

quietening down

toasting oneself

having a snooze

taking a siesta

taking life easy

having forty winks

putting feet up

getting some shut-eye

catching some Zs

refreshing oneself

having a siesta

refreshing yourself

snatching forty winks

getting some kip

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