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The meaning of PETTY is having secondary rank or importance : minor, subordinate. How to use petty in a sentence.
PETTY definition: 1. not important and not worth giving attention to: 2. complaining too much about things that are…. Learn more.
having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc.: petty minds. Synonyms: small. mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things: a petty person. Synonyms: miserly, stingy. Antonyms: generous. showing or caused by meanness of spirit: a petty revenge. of secondary rank, especially in relation to others of the same class or kind:
Definitions of petty. adjective. (informal) small and of little importance. “limited to petty enterprises” synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial. unimportant. not important. adjective. inferior in rank or status. “ petty officialdom”
Synonyms for PETTY: small, parochial, narrow, little, provincial, insular, sectarian, narrow-minded; Antonyms of PETTY: liberal, tolerant, open, cosmopolitan, receptive, catholic, objective, impartial.
If you describe someone's behaviour as petty, you mean that they care too much about small, unimportant things and perhaps that they are unnecessarily unkind. [ disapproval ] He was petty-minded and obsessed with detail.
PETTY definition: 1. unimportant or not serious: 2. complaining too much about unimportant things: . Learn more.
Definition of petty adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Filter. adjective. pettier, pettiest. Relatively worthless or unimportant; trivial; insignificant. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Small-scale; minor. Webster's New World. Having or showing a tendency to make much of small matters.
adj. pet·ti·er, pet·ti·est. 1. Of small importance; trivial: a petty grievance. See Synonyms at trivial. 2. Showing an excessive concern with unimportant matters or minor details, especially in a narrow-minded way: petty partisanship. 3. a. Of lesser importance or rank; subordinate: a petty prince.
