trifling
the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working • Syn: dalliance, dawdling • Derivationally related forms: trifle, dawdle (for: dawdling), dally (for: dalliance) • Hypernyms: delay, holdup
not worth considering - he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost - piffling efforts - a trifling matter • Syn: negligible, paltry • Similar to: worthless • Derivationally related forms: paltriness (for: paltry)
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