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The phrase "a trivial argument" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a point or reasoning that is considered insignificant or unimportant in a discussion or debate.
Example: "While some may find merit in the discussion, I believe we are wasting our time on a trivial argument."
Alternatives: "a minor point" or "an inconsequential debate".
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A trivial argument between Onegin and Lensky leads to a duel in which Lensky is killed.
The day before James Cometti died, he and his son had what seemed at the time a trivial argument.
But all of them seemed to be discussing it as they clustered outside the massive brick building, and expressing their amazement that such a trivial argument could have turned deadly.
Thus, a trivial argument shows that this theorem is equivalent to Theorem 3.5.
During the cab ride home, the Dude gets thrown out after a trivial argument with the driver about The Eagles.
These growing tensions between Henry and Louis finally spilled over into open war in 1167, triggered by a trivial argument over how money destined for the Crusader states of the Levant should be collected.
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What starts out as a petty argument over a trivial issue can turn into someone bearing a strong personal grudge against you.
"She has prepared for this over a number of months, even years, all resulting from a trivial, insignificant argument that everybody has in their everyday lives," Whellams said.
The critical versus noncritical distinction is circular: critical functions are necessary for maintenance of life, and death is the loss of critical functions, is a trivial tautologous argument [3, 17].
Even the members of a holiday party who ostentatiously set aside their devices rely on somebody else to know what the weather's likely to do tomorrow, or consult Google to settle the trivial argument that began over dinner.
Hence, in most of our algorithms presented in this paper, the main Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm is left unmodified except for trivial argument modifications for different network models.
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