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- Dictionarypetty/ˈpɛti/
adjective
- 1. of little importance; trivial: "both groups are known to fight over petty issues" Similar Opposite
- 2. of secondary or lesser importance, rank, or scale; minor: "a petty official"
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Petty means not important or worth attention, or complaining too much about small matters. Learn how to use petty in sentences and see synonyms, antonyms, and translations.
Learn the meaning of petty as an adjective, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Petty can mean having secondary rank or importance, having little or no importance or significance, or marked by or reflective of narrow interests and sympathies.
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.
Petty definition: of little or no importance or consequence. See examples of PETTY used in a sentence.
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”
Petty means unimportant or not serious, or complaining too much about unimportant things. Learn how to use this adjective with examples and translations in different languages.
Petty means small and unimportant, or caring too much about such matters. It can also mean not very serious in law. Learn how to use it with synonyms, pictures and example sentences.
