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Criticism of the direction of his research as __________ failed to perturb the scientist, who knew that his experiments on water molecules, though admittedly quite commonplace and even unoriginal, still would produce helpful results.


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A. quotidian
B. trifling
C. frivolous
D. impractical
E. pedestrian
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Re: Criticism of the direction of his research as __________ failed to per [#permalink] New post   01 Dec 2021, 19:32
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Criticism of the direction of his research as __________ failed to perturb the scientist, who knew that his experiments on water molecules, though admittedly quite commonplace and even unoriginal, still would produce helpful results.

Focus on the highlighted words. Criticism that the research is very common and unoriginal did not disturb the scientist.

Quotidian & Pedestrian

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Re: Criticism of the direction of his research as __________ failed to per [#permalink] New post   07 Dec 2021, 05:28
rx10 Why is it not trifling? Trifling also means trivial/common.
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Re: Criticism of the direction of his research as __________ failed to per [#permalink] New post   07 Dec 2021, 09:23
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Trifling means something not worth considering.

We need a word that means commonplace / unorigial.

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rx10 Why is it not trifling? Trifling also means trivial/common.
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