trivial - SAT Word

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This word "trivial" often comes up in the SAT. Of the choices below which is the closest in meaning?
jolly
barbarous
unreliable
inconsequential




Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'trivial':
  Of little significance or value.
  Relating to or designating a species; specific.
  Of, relating to, or being the solution of an equation in which every variable is equal to zero.
  Concerned with or involving trivia.
  Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case; self-evident.
  Ordinary; commonplace.

Synonyms of word 'trivial' :
 superficial
 picayune
 piddling
 petty
 fiddling
 footling
 piffling
 niggling
 little
 lilliputian


Usage of the word 'trivial' in Sentences :
  trivial pursuits without danger to their rule.
  Only in such a situation do seemingly trivial problems arise that in reality may determine the success or failure of a system.
  trivial to implement, but not suited to fine control.
  Some books on being a witch seem trivial, more about fashion than faith, slightly dubious.
  trivial in comparison.
  trivial by comparison.
  trivial topology.
  Works requiring faculties vary from the comparatively trivial to the major.
  The antiseptic was so strong that tho one part in 25,000 might appear trivial there had been prosecutions for one in 100,000.
  trivial task.
  Please do not expect them to deal with relatively trivial matters which could or should be sorted out by your son or daughter.
  A side effect doctors may consider trivial might be totally unacceptable to a patient.
  trivial matters of repair.
  Do not hesitate, however trivial you may consider the request.
  All details will be recorded and no incident will be regarded as trivial.
  trivial offenses for which capital punishment was the sentence.
  On such occasions some apparently trivial act would put me on my guard.

Usage of the word 'trivial' in popular media :
Washington Post   —
 sunday's column addressed a subject that's become a non-trivial part of the post's tech coverage: rumors and other thinly-sourced reports about upcoming gadgets and applications..... read more ››
 so politicians fight over trivial changes in spending that will not have much impact on the debt..... read more ››
 with help from some of the cards from my '80s trivial pursuit game, grace and i went head to head..... read more ››
 from laughably trivial beginnings, world war i shaped history on a massive scale..... read more ››
 "it's a number that's not trivial," she said. "it has some heft to it.".... read more ››
 it is a trivial fact, but one made significant by their bleak history..... read more ››
 "that would translate into a couple hundred thousand jobs. so it's not trivial," he said..... read more ››

Wall Street Journal   —
 but on the late february night when the architect arrived to open her opera house, these cosmetic details seemed trivial..... read more ››
 then it's time to fire up the old-timey board game standbys, trivial pursuit and scrabble, both of which have engrossing solo modes so you can continue to avoid all human contact: it's not fun for the family, but just for you and you alone!.... read more ››
 it may sell books and be good for cocktail parties, but it feels trivial to me..... read more ››
 he ponders the same questions that nicholas carr fretted over in his recent book, "the shallows": is the amount of information inversely proportional to wisdom? as information surges, will noise swamp signals? will the false and trivial overwhelm the true and meaningful?.... read more ››
 and they werenæ’??t always trivial in nature: during a mid-august storm, one rig was struck by lightningæ’??twice..... read more ››
 the overarching problem for team obama is that the budget contains trivial cost savings. .... read more ››
 the older forms of media, such as books and newspapers, contribute a trivial amount of the total information consumed by americans in 2008 in terms of bytes, but a respectable minority of the words..... read more ››




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