TRIVIALITY

n. 1 smallness, unimportance, insignificance, meaninglessness, inconsequentiality or inconsequentialness or inconsequence or inconsequentness, trivialness, pettiness, paltriness I have difficulty coping with the triviality of some of my boss's requests 2 trifle, technicality, non-essential, small matter, unimportant or insignificant or inconsequential or trivial or petty detail, bêtise He tends to get bogged down in trivialities, unable to see what is important