triflings

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

Translation

adj. insignificante
v. desperdiciar, charlar

Example Sentences

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

Es incorrecto que reprendas al niño por ofensas tan triviales.

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

El niño se sentó jugando trivialmente con el pan quemado en su plato.

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

Afortunadamente, las olas tormentosas causaron daños triviales al barco.

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.

La complicada misantropía que le permitió, según declararon sus intérpretes, amar al público y despreciar a la humanidad, no impidió ciertas investigaciones triviales de las emociones más tiernas.

trifling sum of money

una suma de dinero trivial

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