Pointed and Trivial

Pointed

Pointed adjective - Having to do with the matter at hand.
Usage example: he made a number of pointed remarks on the crisis abroad

Trivial is an antonym for pointed.

Nearby Words: point, pointer, pointing, pointedly, pointy

Trivial

Trivial adjective - Lacking importance.

Pointed is an antonym for trivial.

Nearby Words: triviality, trivialize, trivially

Both words in one sentence

  • Duality Motif A more trivial example: Pompey the half-elf has one pointed ear.
    Source: Duality Motif
  • In an episode of Dirty Jobs, Mike Rowe rattled off some trivial knowledge about farm animals, then pointed to his temple and said "Discovery Channel." Clearly, even Discovery Channel hosts can learn from the Discovery Channel.
  • Straw Feminist aka: Straw Feminism It's pointed out in the books that in a solar system where people can and do change sex temporarily for fairly trivial reasons, and the big civil rights debates involve artificial intelligences and biological androids, the Margaretians are still fighting the last century's battles.
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