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• n  the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
• v  waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
• v  act frivolously
• v  consider not very seriously
  He is trifling with her
• s  not worth considering
  a trifling matter

• The British government last week announced that it is making oral contraceptives available at trifling cost under the National Health Service to Britain's women, who number 12,250 .
• The long night seemed to have set in; the trifling airs, nibbling, the clammy breaths, fumbling, seemed to have triumphed.
• Scheduling snafus may seem trifling, but they can devastate farmers.

• dalliance
• dawdling
• piddle
• wanton
• wanton away
• piddle away
• trifle
• frivol
• dally
• play
• negligible
• paltry

News & Articles

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• Playing Fact or Fiction with All the Top Rumors in Boxing
  You want rumors? Boxing has them. In fact, the sport is downright driven by its myriad of he-said, she-saids. There is simply no shortage of trifling but titillating trivialities within the sweet science, and we’re better off for it. After all, what else would keep us fight fans preoccupied as we wait for the next big fight? With that in mind, let’s have a look at the latest and greatest boxing ...
  June 25, 2013 - Bleacher Report