trivial incident
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftrivialandincident
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trivial
adjective
uk/ˈtrɪv.i.əl/us/ˈtrɪv.i.əl/
having little value ...
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incident
noun
uk/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/us/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/
an event that is either unpleasant ...
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(Definition oftrivialandincidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In itself it was a fairlytrivialincidentand many contemporaries appreciated that it was probably a misunderstanding rather than an intentional theft.
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In theory, that is a serious offence, but in practice, of course, it would be a verytrivialincident.
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There is, of course, the occasional extremist who uses atrivialincidentas an excuse for complaint.
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It is only thetrivialincidentwith which we are dealing.
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Twenty thousand men met there, and there was no disturbance except onetrivialincident.
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This is a ridiculous exaggeration of a small andtrivialincident.
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It appears that as a result of a quitetrivialincident, the manager of the public house had telephoned and asked the police to call.
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I said that it is possible for an offence that can carry a maximum penalty of 14 years' imprisonment to be, in practice, atrivialincident.
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If the broadcasters or producers cannot find enough bad news, they inflate sometrivialincidentso as to turn it into a serious item of bad news.
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Atrivialincidentled to things boiling over.
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What initiated events was atrivialincidentthat occurred in a cinema hall.
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Some damage, consisting for the most part of more trivial incidents, is expected in some areas and written off.
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One of the difficulties with harassment is that it can be a number of apparently trivial incidents that together cause the problem.
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When that was done in the past, many trivial incidents were reported.
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The third was the inexplicable decision in recent weeks to increase tension by curbing parades which in past years had caused only comparatively trivial incidents.
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As it stands, paragraph(g)will not enable the trivial incidents of broken marriages to be paraded before the courts.
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In other words, this tells them not to seek orders lightly or for trivial incidents but where there is a real problem in a particular locality.
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It would take no notice of trivial incidents, but for a flagrant breach in defiance of the legislation it could grant an injunction and that would stop the trouble.
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