chaffy

• Adjectif désignant ce qui est vide, sans valeur ou léger, comme de la balle de céréales. Peut aussi qualifier quelque chose d'insignifiant ou de futile.

An obsolete adjective meaning worthless, light, or empty, like chaff.

1. Covered with or resembling chaffC1formal

   Abounding in, covered with, or consisting of the dry husks of grain or seeds.

   Couvert de ou semblable à de la balle (de céréales)

   • The farmer swept up the chaffy remains from the threshing floor.
   • The bread had a chaffy texture due to the unrefined flour.
   • Chaffy material often blows away in the wind during harvest.

   Synonymeshusky

2. Worthless or trivialC2formal

   Lacking real value or substance; frivolous or insignificant.

   Dénué de valeur, insignifiant

   • The report was filled with chaffy details that added no real insight.
   • He dismissed the chaffy arguments as irrelevant to the main issue.
   • The conversation turned chaffy, focusing on gossip rather than important matters.

   Synonymesfrivolousinconsequentialinsignificantnegligiblepaltrypettytriflingtrivialvaluelessworthless

   Antonymesimportantsignificantsubstantialvaluableweighty