trifling

[US]/'traɪflɪŋ/
[UK]/'traɪflɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. uvæsentlig
v. spilde, sludre
Word Forms
Present Participletrifling
Pluraltriflings

Example Sentences

It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses.

Det er forkert af dig at gøre barnet ansvarlig for sådanne ubetydelige forseelser.

The child sat trifling with the burnt bread upon his plate.

Barnet sad og legede med det brændte brød på sin tallerken.

Fortunately,the stormy waves caused trifling damage to the boat.

Heldigvis forårsagede de stormfulde bølger kun ubetydelig skade på båden.

The complicated misanthropy which enabled him, his interpreters declared, to love the public and spurn humanity, did not preclude certain trifling investigation of the tenderer emotions.

Den komplicerede misantropi, der gjorde det muligt for ham, hans fortolkere erklærede, at elske offentligheden og foragte menneskeheden, udelukkede ikke visse trivielle undersøgelser af de mere følsomme følelser.

trifling sum of money

ubetydelig sum penge

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