(a.) Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument.
(a.) Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.
Example Sentences:
(1) Al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world’s leading centre of Islamic learning, called on Muslims to “ignore the nasty frivolity” of the latest edition.
(2) Kleiner Perkins’ lawyer Lynne Hermle said in closing arguments that Pao’s claims were “meritless and frivolous”.
(3) In this Article the Author endorses countersuits as the most appropriate response to frivolous medical malpractice actions.
(4) A spokesman for the UK's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said the treaty's provisions are designed to discourage frivolous investor-state disputes.
(5) The scent of grilled seafood and herbs; a refreshing salad; some tiny potatoes with summer herbs and a frivolous dessert of fruit and cream is not too much to ask.
(6) I’m hoping the stadium is well policed and I’m hoping we will be OK.” The hope, then, is the night will bring as dramatic a reckoning as can be served by that wonderful frivolity, a football match.
(7) But he said he found complaints about the system frivolous, noting that the existence of superdelegates “should not have been a surprise to either” candidate.
(8) Legally Blonde Beneath its fluffy and frivolous exterior, Legally Blonde has feminism coming out the proverbial.
(9) It would be lamentable if one consequence of the fictitious abortion requests made by the Telegraph were to add fuel to this view, implying that real women's requests for abortion are frivolous or unconsidered.
(10) To fuse an object of feminine adornment, of frivolity, with a bullet: that is Khaled's story, the reason behind her image's enduring power.
(11) Fringed by horse chestnut, sycamore and maple trees – which conservationists say could succumb in future – the garden is dark and shocking amid the frivolous yellows and pinks of most of Chelsea's other exhibits.
(12) In order to comprehend the controversy, it is necessary to take on account the process that has been followed for the concepts formation, by no one manner it can be taken with frivolity and less to under-value it.
(13) Naturally enough, the New Snobbery is not restricted to the more frivolous end of our pop culture.
(14) The beauty salon is a place of frivolity to where they can briefly escape and put the world to rights before returning home at the end of the day with a fresh perspective and a bouncier perm.
(15) On Wednesday Lively described the legal action as absurd and frivolous.
(16) Rory Carroll (@rorycarroll72) Zuckerberg channels Aristotle #facebook : 'A lot of the world thinks being connected is frivolous.
(17) Critics cited the law – a " distorted " version – and as the online debate gathered momentum, even Godwin himself appeared in the comments section of Greenwald's articles, explaining that his law sought to "discourage frivolous, but not substantive, Nazi analogies and comparisons".
(18) Anytime anyone wants to argue for tort reform (usually right wingers who want to protect giant corporations from the little man who is out to get them), or impose more restrictions on our freedom of movement, the case is trotted out as an example of America's addiction to frivolous law suits.
(19) The candidate to cosmetic surgery is not, contrary to a too common idea, a frivolous creature trying to become more beautiful.
(20) A Zimbabwean hunter who led the expedition that killed Cecil the lion has described charges against him as frivolous.
Notice
Definition:
(n.) The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.
(n.) Intelligence, by whatever means communicated; knowledge given or received; means of knowledge; express notification; announcement; warning.
(n.) An announcement, often accompanied by comments or remarks; as, book notices; theatrical notices.
(n.) A writing communicating information or warning.
(n.) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
(v. t.) To observe; to see to mark; to take note of; to heed; to pay attention to.
(v. t.) To show that one has observed; to take public note of; remark upon; to make comments on; to refer to; as, to notice a book.
(v. t.) To treat with attention and civility; as, to notice strangers.
Example Sentences:
(1) Oculomotor paresis with cyclic spasms is a rare syndrome, usually noticeable at birth or developing during the first year of life.
(2) With UVB treatment clinical improvement was achieved, and a less pronounced decrease in epidermal LC was noticed.
(3) It would be fascinating to see if greater local government involvement in running the NHS in places such as Manchester leads over the longer term to a noticeable difference in the financial outlook.
(4) Michael James, 52, from Tower Hamlets Three days after telling his landlord that the flat upstairs was a deathtrap, Michael James was handed an eviction notice.
(5) Preincubation of the bacteria at 56 degrees C for 30 minutes and ultraviolet irradiation resulted in a noticeable decrease in adherence.
(6) A dose dependent decrease (P greater than 0.05) in delayed type hypersensitivity reaction was noticed on day 61 post treatment.
(7) After friends heard that he was on them, Brumfield started observing something strange: “If we had people over to the Super Bowl or a holiday season party, I’d notice that my medicines would come up short, no matter how good friends they were.” Twice people broke into his house to get to the drugs.
(8) Specific antibody patterns in vaccinees were highly variable and in a small number of subjects a remarkable antibody titre decrease was noticed.
(9) Any party or witness is entitled to use Welsh in any magistrates court in Wales without prior notice.
(10) Reality set in once you got home to your parents and the regular neighborhood kids, and your thoughts turned to new notebooks for the school year and whether you got prettier while you were away and whether your crushes were going to notice.
(11) After 40 programmed minutes of acquisition and 12 min of maintenance, without notice, both schedules changed to extinction for 28 min.
(12) Slager, 33, was a patrolman first class for the North Charleston police department when he fatally shot Scott, 50, following a struggle that led from a traffic stop when the officer noticed that one of Scott’s car tail lights was broken.
(13) High levels of both enzymes were reached noticeably earlier during development in PCT and PST than in medullary thick ascending limb, which emphasizes metabolic heterogeneity of developing rat kidney nephron.
(14) Inoculated cell dose and neoplasia percent incidence have been noticed to be closely related, but unexpectedly two doses exist for each tumour, a comparatively small one and a definitely larger one, which cause nearly the same percent incidence.
(15) The binding of [3H]PAF to washed human platelets indicated subtle changes between Days 2 and 4, which became more noticeable by Day 6.
(16) If wide notice is taken of a current spat over what we can read about Shakespeare’s sexuality into the sonnets in the correspondence columns of the Times Literary Supplement, Sonnet 20 may be a future favourite at civil unions.
(17) Alton Towers has a long record of safe operation and as we reopen, we are committed to ensuring that the public can again visit us with confidence.” A spokesman for the park said that said that X-Sector, the high-octane section of that park where the Smiler is based, would remain closed until further notice.
(18) However, the highest rates of complications (52 percent), mortality (22 percent), and recurrence (14 percent) were noticed after cecostomy.
(19) Decrease in progesterone and rise in cortisol were noticed during and after anaesthesia.
(20) An enlargement of the epidermal proliferative compartment has been noticed.