Trifle

trifle [ TRAHY-fuh'l ]
[ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]

MEANING :
1. (n.) an article of little or no value
2. (n.) a type of dessert
3. (tr. v.) to waste
4. (intr. v.) to act as if something were of little value or significance

EXAMPLE 1 :
The benefactor modestly exclaimed that the gift was just a trifle.

EXAMPLE 2 :
Democracy can be frustrating at times but constant whinging and threatening to sink the vessel they are sailing in seems more than a trifle unwise.