FRIVOLOUS = (adjective) 1. not serious in content, attitude, or behavior;  not having any serious purpose or value 2. lacking in intellectual substance and not worth serious consideration; 3. silly and trivial

Examples:

The judge dismissed the case as frivolous.

My dad said to watch my spending and avoid frivolous purchases.

The frivolity with which Marc approached the situation showed that he wasn't very serious.

Synonyms: silly, trivial, paltry, petty, senseless

Antonyms: important, relevant, pertinent

FIASCO = (noun) a thing that is a complete failure, esp. in a ludicrous or humiliating way

Synonyms: failure, disaster, embarrassment, blunder, breakdown, debacle, flop

Antonyms: success, accomplishment

Examples:
The rain turned the celebration into a fiasco.

 A drunk debater turned the debate into a fiasco.  

I got sick and my wife got robbed; I would say the holiday was a fiasco.

Author:  The useful vocabulary show

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Published: 2008-05-06

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