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# frivolous

adjective

«frivolous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Silly and not serious; caring more about fun or trifles than about what matters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frivolous/#m1)

### In the lessons

describes a person or a remark that is light and not sensible

### Examples

- He is a frivolous young fellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frivolous/#x1)
- Don't be so frivolous when we have work to do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frivolous/#x2)
- A frivolous joke at a sad time is unkind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frivolous/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «frivolous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frivolous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«frivolous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/frivolous.html) on Mova free.