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adjective
- 1. of little value or importance: "huge fines were imposed for trivial offences" Similar Opposite
- 2. denoting a subgroup that either contains only the identity element or is identical with the given group.
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TRIVIAL definition: 1. having little value or importance: 2. A trivial problem is easy to solve: 3. having little…. Learn more.
1. a. : of little worth or importance. a trivial objection. trivial problems. b. : relating to or being the mathematically simplest case. specifically : characterized by having all variables equal to zero. a trivial solution to a linear equation. 2. : commonplace, ordinary. 3. : specific sense 4. trivialist. ˈtri-vē-ə-list. noun. trivially.
Trivial definition: of very little importance or value; insignificant. See examples of TRIVIAL used in a sentence.
Something that is trivial is not important or significant, such as the trivial details you shared with me about your trip to the post office this morning. Trivial can also describe something that isn't deep or meaningful, like a trivial movie that you'll forget about after the credits roll.
Definition of trivial adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe something as trivial, you think that it is unimportant and not serious.
trivial meaning, definition, what is trivial: not serious, important, or valuable: Learn more.
adj. 1. Of little significance or value. 2. Concerned with or involving unimportant matters; superficial: a trivial colleague; a trivial remark. 3. Mathematics. a. Of, relating to, or being the solution of an equation in which every variable is equal to zero. b. Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case; self-evident.
Definition of trivial. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.
Chemistry (of names of chemical compounds) derived from the natural source, or of historic origin, and not according to the systematic nomenclature: Picric acid is the trivial name of 2,4,6-trinitrophenol.
