When solvers have encountered “Trivial” in the past, these answers were used successfully in crossword completions. Each one is based on known pairings between clue and entry.
Answers:
- PETTY
- IDLE
- PIDDLING
- MERE
- PALTRY
- SLIGHT
- FOOTLING
- MINOR
- INSIGNIFICANT
- UNIMPORTANT
- PIFFLING
- BANAL
- FRIVOLOUS
- INCONSEQUENTIAL
- INANE
- PICAYUNE
- LITTLE
- SMALL
Synonyms and Definitions
PETTY
- Synonyms: fiddling, footling, junior-grade, lilliputian, little, lower-ranking, lowly, niggling, petit larceny, petty larceny, picayune, piddling, piffling, secondary, small-minded, subaltern
IDLE
- Synonyms: baseless, dead, groundless, jobless, laze, light, loose, out of work, slug, stagnate, tick over, unfounded, unused, unwarranted, wild
PIDDLING
- Synonyms: make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, petty, piddle, piddle away, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, trifle, urinate, wanton, wanton away, wee, wee-wee
MERE
- Synonyms: bare, simple
PALTRY
- Synonyms: measly, miserable, negligible, trifling
SLIGHT
- Synonyms: cold-shoulder, flimsy, fragile, rebuff, slender, slim, svelte, tenuous, thin
FOOTLING
- Synonyms: footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry
MINOR
- Synonyms: child, fry, kid, modest, nestling, nipper, nonaged, pocket-size, pocket-sized, shaver, small, small fry, small-scale, tiddler, tike, tyke, underage, venial, youngster
INSIGNIFICANT
- Synonyms: peanut, undistinguished, unimportant
UNIMPORTANT
- Synonyms: insignificant
PIFFLING
- Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle
BANAL
- Synonyms: commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
- Definition: Overused to the point of becoming overly familiar and repetitive.
INCONSEQUENTIAL
- Synonyms: inconsequent
INANE
- Synonyms: asinine, fatuous, mindless, vacuous
- Definition: Lacking in intelligence
LITTLE
- Synonyms: minuscule, short, slight
SMALL
- Synonyms: belittled, diminished, humble, low, minor