silly game

Frequency: 5.54.0 per million words

Used to describe a game that is either childish or pointless.

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Examples (10)

  • Stop playing that silly game; we have important work to do.
  • The children were laughing as they played a silly game in the garden.
  • Don't waste your time on such a silly game.
  • He accused her of making a silly game out of the situation.
  • It was just a silly game to pass the time, nothing serious.
  • The adults found the children's silly game amusing.
  • She didn't want to get involved in his silly game of emotional manipulation.
  • They decided to invent a silly game to entertain themselves during the long car ride.
  • He felt embarrassed, realizing he had been caught up in a silly game.
  • Let's not turn this into a silly game of accusations.