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petty
1[pet-ee]
adjective
of little or no importance or consequence.
petty grievances.
Antonyms: importantof lesser or secondary importance, merit, etc.; minor.
petty considerations.
having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc..
petty minds.
Synonyms: smallmean or ungenerous in small or trifling things.
a petty person.
Antonyms: generousshowing or caused by meanness of spirit.
a petty revenge.
of secondary rank, especially in relation to others of the same class or kind.
petty states; a petty tyrant.
Petty
2[pet-ee]
noun
Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
William, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne. William Petty Fitzmaurice Lansdowne.
petty
/ ˈpɛtɪ /
adjective
trivial; trifling; inessential
petty details
of a narrow-minded, mean, or small-natured disposition or character
petty spite
minor or subordinate in rank
petty officialdom
law of lesser importance
Other Word Forms
- pettily adverb
- pettiness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of petty1
Word History and Origins
Origin of petty1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He delights that it’s become “sort of a buzzword” and celebrates its power to motivate humanistic concern, but warns that our brains can be “a petty organ,” reserving the greatest sympathy for those most similar.
Many of Jefferson and Jackson’s voters, however, became agents of what historians call the “market revolution,” carving out commercial farms from the landscape or becoming petty traders.
Our America is not ruled by a petty, vindictive despot wannabe with an outrageous history of criminal and socially abhorrent behavior who imagines he is king.
Her death was regarded as "unusual" for the city at the time, according to former South Wales Police detective Jeff Norman, who recalled working on mainly petty crimes prior to this big case.
The prosecution had said Ahmad "may have made a most minor contact" with Franco's girlfriend as he brushed past them, to which Franco "appeared to take some petty exception".
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