petty

[US]/ˈpeti/
[UK]/ˈpeti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj.small-scale;
mean;
trivial.

Phrases & Collocations

petty behavior

petty argument

petty issues

petty bourgeoisie

petty cash

petty bourgeois

petty officer

Example Sentences

a maze of petty regulations.

a petty faction of people

Such petty behavior is below me.

a kingdom of the petty-bourgeois intelligentsia

you are hidebound by your petty laws.

the petty divisions of party politics.

he was titularly a chief petty officer.

a petty contracted idea

1.Mavis is a petty featherhead.

censorious of petty failings;

I am above petty intrigue.

It was petty of her not to accept the apology.

be censorious of petty failings

he bedevilled them with petty practical jokes.

The meeting evolved into a grab bag of petty complaints.

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