Word: trivialize
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...permits us to run for the door at any sign of a small quirk or peculiarity, making us lose sight of the most important component of a marriage: compatibility. “Seinfeld,” for instance, immortalized this cultural reality: Jerry and Elaine rejected countless dates for trivial reasons—man hands, face painting at hockey games, or overuse of the high-five. My parents, on the other hand, walked into their marriage ready to accept all those small flaws, ready to grow accustomed to one another, ready to love one another. Though often criticized, their method...
...with an ache at its core so enveloping you hardly notice it until you try to stand up at its somber end. I would have imagined difficulty in praising the film this much, considering the gooey and ridiculous media discourse. But upon finally seeing it, all the talk seems trivial. It’s an unexpectedly complex rumination on love and sexuality in a uniquely American context, where the tangible beauty of our mythic West collides with the hidden sores of a repressive social order. Lee’s film is incredibly literary, stunningly photographed, and features flawless performances from...
Your list of inventions left me yawning. There weren't any great breakthroughs to dazzle the imagination. Many of the items were trivial. It's not TIME's fault that the year didn't see the introduction of something fantastic. From the standpoint of new technology, it was a very dull year...
...ATMs long ago decided they could do without a teller. Now Steven Atkinson has a bolder idea: they can also do without the cash. His company mobileATM has developed secure software that allows cell-phone owners in Britain to check their bank balances using their handsets. That may sound trivial, but 37 banks in Britain, including First Direct (the roughly $12 billion phone and PC division of giant HSBC) and RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland), have approved...
...Rice agreed. The Secretary of State, a diehard Cleveland Browns fan, put it this way: "Sometimes the last yard is the hardest." Also, she said, details weren't trivial: It wasn't unreasonable for Israelis to be obsessed with security, nor for Palestinians to be equally prickly about sovereignty and independence...