FRIVOLOUS


Meaning of FRIVOLOUS in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

lawsuit

And if that was not outrageous enough, Carter filed a frivolous lawsuit against his own victim, which was promptly dismissed.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

It could hardly be said that Mrs. Bush had led a frivolous or unproductive life.

Work time is too valuable to waste on frivolous games.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But amassing wealth did not turn Maria into a frivolous woman; she started the family vocation of caregiving.

Our stuff may be any combination of old and new, used or unused, practical, sentimental or frivolous .

Perhaps the characters are arbitrary and the ancestral female's choice was frivolous .

She seemed to have a proper regard for the frivolous things in life.

To be thinking about partying was downright frivolous !

Would some parents choose schools with the fanciest athletic facilities or the most frivolous courses and waste taxpayers' money?

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