A trifling matter is small and unimportant. Outside California these difficulties may seem fairly trifling. a comparatively trifling 360 yards. = trivial. unimportant or of little value
Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair
not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"