'Trifling' definitions:

Definition of 'trifling'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter" [syn: negligible, paltry, trifling]
noun
The deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working [syn: dalliance, dawdling, trifling]

Definition of 'Trifling'

From: GCIDE
  • Trifling \Tri"fling\, a. Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair. -- {Tri"fling*ly}, adv. -- {Tri"fling*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] Trifloral

Definition of 'Trifling'

From: GCIDE
  • Trifle \Tri"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trifled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trifling.] [OE. trifelen, truflen. See Trifle, n.] To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements. [1913 Webster]
  • They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
  • To trifle with, to play the fool with; to treat without respect or seriousness; to mock; as, to trifle with one's feelings, or with sacred things. [1913 Webster]