triviality

From trivial +‎ -ity.

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɹɪviˈæləti/

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triviality (countable and uncountable, plural trivialities)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being trivial or unimportant.

   Synonym: fiddle

2. (countable) Something which is trivial or unimportant.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:trifle

   • 1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:

     I propose to devote the remainder of mine to it, and can only regret the wasted years that lie behind me, squandered in trivialities.

   • 1922 February–March, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Problem of Thor Bridge”, in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published June 1927, →OCLC, page 172:

     Yes, I have a case. After a month of trivialities and stagnation the wheels move once more.

• (partial): bathos