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Petty (Adjective)

Meaning 1

(informal) small and of little importance; "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".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Usages

  • Colloquialism

Synonyms

  • Footling
  • Piddling
  • Niggling
  • Trivial
  • Lilliputian
  • Picayune
  • Little
  • Fiddling
  • Piffling

Related Words

  • Pettiness (noun)

Meaning 2

Inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

  • Subaltern
  • Lowly
  • Secondary
  • Junior-grade
  • Lower-ranking

Related Words

  • Pettiness (noun)

Meaning 3

Contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

  • Small-minded

Related Words

  • Pettiness (noun)
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