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# trivial

«trivial» in Mova's school dictionary: **small and not important, not worth worrying about** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (trivial; more trivial, most trivial)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Something trivial is small and not important, not worth worrying about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivial/#m1)

2) (maths) A trivial case or answer is the simplest, most obvious one, that needs no real work, for example x = 0. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivial/#m2)

3) Trivial facts are odd little facts that are fun but not important, as in a quiz (trivia). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivial/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories, people argue over trivial things and later feel silly. In maths, «trivial» means easy or obvious, and a «trivial solution» is often zero. In quizzes, «trivia» means little facts. Phrases: «a trivial matter», «trivial details», «trivialise» (make something serious seem small).

### examples

- They had a big argument about something trivial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivial/#x1)
- Don't worry about trivial mistakes like a missing comma. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivial/#x2)
- Her worry seemed trivial, but to her it was big. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivial/#x3)
- In maths, x = 0 is the trivial answer to x × 5 = x × 3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivial/#x4)
- The quiz was full of trivial facts about famous people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivial/#x5)
- It is not a trivial problem; it will take hours to solve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivial/#x6)
- Losing a pencil is trivial compared with losing your dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivial/#x7)
- “Ah! what a trivial view of life!” said the Rocket; “but it is only what I expected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivial/#x8)

### note

The noun is «triviality»; related «trivia» (little facts, uncountable). Trap: what seems trivial to one person may be serious to another, so be kind. In maths, «not trivial» or «non-trivial» means it needs real thought.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «trivial» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivial/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.