frivolous
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Housing opponents were able to delay building projects by filing a host of environmental lawsuits, including frivolous ones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
And you don’t want to be frivolous about it, you don’t want to be glib about it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
But on Friday, a judge denied an emergency injunction to stop the fight - a ruling welcomed by the White House, which described the lawsuit as "frivolous".
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
Far from abusing the courts with frivolous appeals, the exonerees we interviewed described being thwarted at every attempt due to appellate and postconviction processes that prioritize procedural regularity over the substance of their innocence claims.
From Slate • May 29, 2026
Unlike the frivolous goings-on in Paris or New York, though, the cabaret style of Weimar Berlin had a deadly serious undertow.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing frivolous
Grade 10, List 1
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