Finding a magazine at the grovery store was a trivial pursuit.
Knowing trivia about subjects is not the same as being trivial. The teacher paid attention to trivial matters so much that he didn't notice the student copied wrong answers from the Internet.
He went over the items on his list that he considered important but completely skipped all of those he thought were only trivial.
He was incapable of performing even the most trivial task.
Trivial means "of a negligible detail". Triviality is most noticeable when it occurs between two parties, one believing the trifle to be important, while the other finds it "trivial" or not important. If nobody notices a trivial detail, then it is essentially too trivial to even be called trivial (because it is a waste of mental effort). Things of a trivial sort include that last spec of chalk on the board when the teacher erases too quickly (which seems to get on a lot of people's nerves despite it really not being a big deal), or remembering what you ate on Tuesday 2 weeks ago. A lot of people with OCD, Autism/Asperger's and and some other mind-effecting conditions have an intense urge to satisfy trivial needs, most of which they acknowledge are pointless, but can't stop doing anyway. Things like chronic hand-washing, ordering objects by size/shape/color, having specific places for things that could just as easily go anywhere else, are all trivial details/actions.
Easy: Use trivial in a sentence Jokes: Well, that's very trivial of you. (Basically means that very smart)
The question seemed so trivial that I answered it casually. The search for a lost dog is no trivial pursuit.
"Don't bother me about trivial matters," said the teacher.
Finding a magazine at the grovery store was a trivial pursuit.
"Don't bother me about trivial matters."Trivial, of course, meaning: "Of little importance" or "of little value."
We have many important cases. Your point is very Trivial.
Juliano likes girls that he thinks are not very smart, but to girls intelligence is not trivial.
The brothers fought over a trivial issue is the right preposition.
Trivial basically means of little importance. So a sentence it fit in would be like this. Sue was becoming very irritated with the law enforcement because they were focusing on the very trivial crimes instead of the horrific crimes that were taking place in her neighborhood.
Knowing trivia about subjects is not the same as being trivial. The teacher paid attention to trivial matters so much that he didn't notice the student copied wrong answers from the Internet.
He went over the items on his list that he considered important but completely skipped all of those he thought were only trivial.
The CEO did not have time to decide trivial matters such as which table clothes to use for the meeting. (In this instance, trivial implies that something was too insignificant for the CEO to deal with.) Some people worry consistently about trivial matters that may not even affect them.