verb
- making something seem less important, serious, or significant than it actually is
Usage: present participle of ‘trivialize’
Examples
- She accused him of trivializing her concerns about workplace safety.
- The politician was criticized for trivializing the environmental crisis.
- By making jokes about the situation, he was trivializing a serious problem.
- The media coverage was trivializing the impact of the new policy.
- Teachers should avoid trivializing students’ questions, even if they seem simple.
- His casual attitude was trivializing the importance of the meeting.