triflings

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

Translation

adj. insignificante
v. desperdiçar, conversar

Example Sentences

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

É errado da sua parte repreender a criança por ofensas tão insignificantes.

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

A criança estava brincando com o pão queimado em seu prato.

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

Felizmente, as ondas tempestuosas causaram danos insignificantes ao 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.

A misantropia complicada que o capacitou, seus intérpretes declararam, a amar o público e desprezar a humanidade, não impedia certos insignificantes estudos das emoções mais delicadas.

trifling sum of money

pequena quantia de dinheiro

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