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Six example sentences with frivolous, each labelled with its topic.
The judge dismissed the claim as frivolous and ordered the filer to cover the other side's costs.
Law
Half the department's budget went on frivolous conference dinners that produced nothing anyone could point to afterwards.
Finance
Critics called the pink flamingo fountain frivolous, then queued for an hour to photograph it themselves.
Art
The team cut every frivolous feature from the beta, leaving one screen that did a single job well.
Startups
The councilor called the motion frivolous, a debate about the town's official bird while the roads flooded.
Politics
Users mocked the frivolous animation on the loading screen, which added two seconds and served no purpose at all.
Technology
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