Trifling: alternatives and connections

Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment;…

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment;…

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

of Dawdle

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That may neglicted, disregarded, or left out of consideration.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.