frivolous
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- adjective
- /ˈfrɪvələs/
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frívolo
- Her frivolous remarks during the meeting showed that she was not taking the project's seriousness into account.
- frivolous suits
- frivolous claims
- frivolous cases
My stuff isn't frivolous, but we do have fun.
- My stuff isn't frivolous, but we do have fun.
- Makeup is not frivolous, it is not stupid.
- People were living frivolous lives of excess.
- Was the profligate use of the death penalty for frivolous, non lethal crimes.
- And a lot of people see acting as frivolous.
- Luxury in China is not frivolous.
- Here to pontificate, to traverse a diversity of terrain both high minded and perhaps frivolous.
- Some people look at what you're doing as podcasting and they look at social media as frivolous.
Examples
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Now that right there, that's a frivolous lawsuit.
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What they did the rest of the time seemed frivolous and forgettable.
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It's because we, we have only given them the frivolous to act on.
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And although it's, it seems very frivolous and nothing to me.
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So maybe we're frivolous because times are easy and soft.
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And a lot of our wants are very frivolous, right?
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It's a frivolous concern in times like these.
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People were living frivolous lives of excess.
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And it's just nice to have a side that enjoys the more frivolous part of life, right?
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We try to keep frivolous lawsuits to a minimum.
Synonyms
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Not sensible and often a little foolish
Not serious and showing little concern for important things
Not serious and likely to make bad choices
Antonyms
How Frivolous
Surface Forms
Morphology
frivolous = frivolity (opaque) = frivol + ous
The stem 'frivol-' is not a productive or standalone English base for learners, so adding the common suffix '-ous' does not make the meaning predictable to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Frivolous comes from an old Latin word frivolus meaning 'worthless' or 'silly'. Picture someone treating serious matters like light play — that's why something frivolous is not serious or has little real value.