How to use petty in a sentence. Petty adjective (unimportant) add to word list unimportant or not serious Petty adjective (selfish) selfish and mean, esp
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Because of having too much interest in small and unimportant matters:
Of little or no importance
Of lesser importance or merit Having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc. The adjective is derived from middle english peti, pety (“little, small Insignificant”) (modern french petit), [2] ultimately of imitative origin.
If you describe someone's behavior as petty, you mean that they care too much about small, unimportant things and perhaps that they are unnecessarily unkind. Definition of petty adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Petty, paltry, trifling, trivial apply to something that is so insignificant as to be almost unworthy of notice
Petty implies contemptible insignificance and littleness, inferiority and small worth
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