trifling

• Mafuta's hurts were trifling, and Tom Brown had only received one or two scratches in his fall. —  Hunting the Lions
• But the depth to which they sink is comparatively trifling, and varies according to the state of the snow and the season of the year. —  The Young Fur Traders
• And each passing year has deepened her experience and brightened her hope, has given her clearer views of God's truth and a clearer sense of God's love; and thus she has grown yearly more fit to be a helper in the great work beside which all other work seems trifling--the work in which God has seen fit to make his people co-workers with himself--the work of gathering in souls, to the everlasting glory of his name And so, when her work on earth is over, there shall a glad "Well done!" —  Shenac's Work at Home
• Barring a sprained wrist his injuries are trifling--a few bruises and a slight cut. —  Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope
• And I will take this opportunity of mentioning, whilst we are upon the subject, my very strong disapproval of the manifest tendency which I have observed in the officers of this ship to overlook and condone what I suppose they would term trifling infractions of duty. —  The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba

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