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Triviality

The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness.

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Narrower term 5

Bagatelle 76% connected

A trifle; a thing of no importance.

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Fluff 76% connected

Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.

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Frippery 76% connected

Coast-off clothes.

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Frivolity 76% connected

The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition.

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Joke 76% connected

Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a wit…

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Detail 76% connected

A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.

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Item 76% connected

Also; as an additional article.

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Unimportance 76% connected

Want of importance; triviality.

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Puny 74% connected

Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.

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Puny 74% connected

Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.

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Trivial 74% connected

Found anywhere; common.

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Trivial 74% connected

Found anywhere; common.

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Pettiness 92% connected

The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness; meanness.

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Puniness 92% connected

The quality or state of being puny; littleness; pettiness; feebleness.

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Slightness 92% connected

The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.

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Trifle 92% connected

A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.

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