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Petty

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Definitions for Petty

noun
larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
Synonyms
petit larceny petty larceny
adjective
inferior in rank or status
Synonyms
junior-grade lower-ranking lowly petty(a) secondary subaltern
Examples
  1. the junior faculty
  2. a lowly corporal
  3. petty officialdom
  4. a subordinate functionary
adjective
(informal) small and of little importance
Synonyms
fiddling footling lilliputian little niggling piddling piffling picayune trivial
Examples
  1. a fiddling sum of money
  2. a footling gesture
  3. our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
  4. a little (or small) matter
  5. a dispute over niggling details
  6. limited to petty enterprises
  7. piffling efforts
  8. giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
adjective
contemptibly narrow in outlook
Synonyms
small-minded
Examples
  1. petty little comments
  2. disgusted with their small-minded pettiness

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