trivially true

/ˈtrɪviəli truː/

adjective phrase

  1. True in an obvious or very simple way, often because it follows directly from a definition or an assumption.

    B2

    formal

    • "The statement 'All bachelors are unmarried' is trivially true."B2
    • "Once the definitions are established, the first part of the theorem is trivially true."B2
    • "The claim is trivially true under the stated assumptions, so the proof focuses on the more difficult case."C1

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