petty, adj.
(pettier, pettiest)
(pettier, pettiest)
contemptibly narrow in outlook
<adj.all>
petty small-minded
sample sentences
"petty little comments""disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"
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(informal) small and of little importance
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4
fiddling footling lilliputian little niggling petty picayune piddling piffling trivial
sample sentences
"a fiddling sum of money""a footling gesture"
"our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
"a little (or small) matter"
"a dispute over niggling details"
"limited to petty enterprises"
"piffling efforts"
"giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
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inferior in rank or status
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
junior-grade lower-ranking lowly petty secondary subaltern