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41Barbara La Marr — Infobox actor bgcolour = silver name = Barbara La Marr imagesize = 200px caption = Barbara La Marr, circa 1920. birthdate = birth date|1896|7|28|mf=y location = Yakima, Washington, U.S. deathdate = death date and age|1926|1|30|1896|7|28|mf=y… …
42petty — pettily, adv. pettiness, n. /pet ee/, adj., pettier, pettiest. 1. of little or no importance or consequence: petty grievances. 2. of lesser or secondary importance, merit, etc.; minor: petty considerations. 3. having or showing narrow ideas,… …
43Fear (From a Moral Standpoint) — Fear † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Fear (CONSIDERED FROM A MORAL STANDPOINT.) Fear is an unsettlement of soul consequent upon the apprehension of some present or future danger. It is here viewed from the moral standpoint, that is, in… …
44de minimis — de min·i·mis /dē mi nə məs, dā mē ni mis/ adj [New Latin, concerning trifles]: lacking significance or importance: so minor as to be disregarded compare substantial ◇ An action may be dismissed if the claim or cause is considered de minimis.… …
45paltry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. trifling, trivial, inconsequential, insignificant; mean, petty, worthless; contemptible, sorry, pitiable. See unimportance, badness, cheapness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. small, insignificant,… …
46petty — petty, puny, trivial, trifling, paltry, measly, picayunish, picayune mean little and insignificant, often contemptibly so. Something is petty which by comparison with other things the same in kind but different in size, importance, gravity, or… …
47trivially — triv·i·al (trĭv’ē əl) adj. 1) Of little significance or value. 2) Concerned with or involving unimportant matters; superficial: »a trivial colleague; a trivial remark. 3) Mathematics a) Of, relating to, or being the solution of an equation in… …
48Frivolous — Friv o*lous, a. [L. frivolus; prob. akin to friare to rub, crumble, E. friable: cf. F. frivole.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. Given to trifling;… …
49Frivolously — Frivolous Friv o*lous, a. [L. frivolus; prob. akin to friare to rub, crumble, E. friable: cf. F. frivole.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. Given to… …
50Frivolousness — Frivolous Friv o*lous, a. [L. frivolus; prob. akin to friare to rub, crumble, E. friable: cf. F. frivole.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. Given to… …