Frivolous

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  • adjective. Unworthy of serious attention; trivial.
  • adjective. Inappropriately silly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of little weight, worth, or importance; not worth notice; slight; trifling; trivial: as, a frivolous argument; a frivolous objection or pretext.
  • Given to trifling; characterized by unbecoming levity; silly; weak.
  • Specifically, in law, so clearly insufficient as to need no argument to show its weakness: as, a frivolous answer or plea.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight.
  • adjective. Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.
  • adjective. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. not serious in content or attitude or behavior
  • Word Usage
    "ANDERSON: Well, as I pointed out earlier, you know, most meals are eaten at home and these lawsuits really do give the term frivolous a bad name."
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