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- PETTY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PETTY is having secondary rank or importance : minor, subordinate How to use petty in a sentence
- PETTY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
PETTY definition: 1 not important and not worth giving attention to: 2 complaining too much about things that are… Learn more
- Petty - definition of petty by The Free Dictionary
1 trivial; trifling; inessential: petty details 2 of a narrow-minded, mean, or small-natured disposition or character: petty spite 3 minor or subordinate in rank: petty officialdom 4 (Law) law of lesser importance
- PETTY definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
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
- petty adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
(disapproving) caring too much about small and unimportant matters, especially when this is unkind to other people synonym small-minded How could you be so petty? (law) (of a crime or criminal) not very serious When they run out of money, they sometimes turn to petty crime
- petty - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
The adjective is derived from Middle English peti, pety (“little, small; minor”) [and other forms], [1] from Anglo-Norman petit, Middle French petit, and Old French peti, petit, pitet (“young; little, small; inferior; insignificant”) (modern French petit), [2] ultimately of imitative origin
- Petty Definition Meaning - YourDictionary
Having or showing a tendency to make much of small matters Relatively low in rank; subordinate From Middle French petit, English since the late 14th century The disparaging meaning develops during the 16th century All the petty supervising establishments are composed of convicts
- PETTY Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com
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: petty quarrels
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