Associations to the word «Trifling»

Wiktionary

TRIFLING, adjective. Trivial, or of little importance.
TRIFLING, adjective. Idle or frivolous.
TRIFLING, adjective. (AAVE) Of suspicious character, typically secretive or deceitful; shady.
TRIFLING, noun. The act of one who trifles; frivolous behaviour.

Dictionary definition

TRIFLING, noun. The deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working.
TRIFLING, adjective. Not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats