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trivial
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The Remains of the Day
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- I should say that these errors have all been without exception quite trivial in themselves.†
Chpt Prol. *trivial = unimportant
- I am sorry to say this, but there would appear to have been a number of houses in recent times, some of the highest pedigree, which have tended to take a competitive attitude towards each other and have not been above showing off to guests a butler's mastery of such trivial accomplishments.†
Chpt 1e -
- It is true, these same trivial errors did cause me some anxiety at first, but once I had had time to diagnose them correctly as symptoms of nothing more than a straightforward staff shortage, I have refrained from giving them much thought.†
Chpt 2m -
- It struck me as a trivial, but irritating error; the dust-pan would have been conspicuous not only from the five ground-floor doorways opening on to the hall, but also from the staircase and the first-floor balconies.†
Chpt 2m -
- But I soon reminded myself that such trivial slips are liable to befall anyone from time to time and my irritation soon turned to Miss Kenton for attempting to create such unwarranted fuss over the incident.†
Chpt 2m -
- But I must say I am at some loss as to why you should be so concerned with these most trivial of errors.†
Chpt 2m -
- These errors may be trivial in themselves, Mr Stevens, but you must yourself realize their larger significance.†
Chpt 2m -
- This is what these 'trivial errors' as you call them really signify and if you do not heed them, it will not be long before your father commits an error of major proportions.†
Chpt 2m -
- I am not sure she could actually have gone so far as to say things like: 'these errors may be trivial in themselves, but you must yourself realize their larger significance'.†
Chpt 2m -
- It is true one or two errors have been noticeable recently in the discharging of his duties, but these are in every case very trivial in nature.†
Chpt 2m -
- And it was then, I believe, that his lordship said as he looked down again into his volume and awkwardly fingered an entry: "These errors may be trivial in themselves, Stevens, but you must yourself realize their larger significance.†
Chpt 2m -
- And I suppose that's when I get angry over some trivial little thing and leave.†
Chpt 6e -
- Quite trivial in themselves — at least so far.†
Chpt 6e -
Definitions:
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(1)
(trivial) of little importance -- sometimes more specifically describing a challenge as easy and uninteresting
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)