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What does frivolous mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word frivolous? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.
  2. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight.
  3. (law) In litigation, a lawsuit filed by a party who is aware the claim is without merit and has no reasonable prospect of success because of a lack of supporting legal or factual basis.
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Would I have the nerve to pick out a wig that was fun and frivolous, or would the illness sap my sense of humor?
Some look upon the women as trailblazers in a forbidden area, while many others hold them in disdain because of their frivolous character.
John Lemon has an excellent post about medical malpractice and frivolous lawsuits.
Critics such as La Font de Saint-Yenne and Diderot began to label the work of many of their contemporaries shallow, frivolous, and licentious.
She believed in him and she was not a frivolous person, so her opinion counted.
However, far from being frivolous, this quest for self-knowledge was central to Montaigne's sceptical philosophy.

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