Ordinary and Trivial

Ordinary

Ordinary adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.
Usage example: it was a perfectly ordinary and undistinguished shirt

Trivial and ordinary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trivial" instead an adjective "Ordinary".

Trivial

Trivial adjective - Lacking importance.

Ordinary and trivial are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ordinary" instead an adjective "Trivial".

Nearby Words: triviality, trivialize, trivially

Both words in one sentence

  • Your initial compass requires a similar amount of work, and is explicitly stated to be shoddy and commonplace — one shopkeeper says he 'hopes you didn't pay too much for it.' Heck, early on you have to do a non-trivial amount of work to get a totally ordinary, non-magical paper hat.
  • Super Toughness The drawback of this is that an allomancer who turns his or her pewter off without seeking medical attention first can simply keel over on the spot, from injuries that were trivial in their enhanced state but are much more harmful (or even fatal) to an ordinary human body.
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