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English to English adjective
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Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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inferior in rank or status | | Example: the junior faculty
a lowly corporal
petty officialdom
a subordinate functionary
source: wordnet30
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(informal) small and of little importance | | Example: a fiddling sum of money
a footling gesture
our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
a little (or small) matter
a dispute over niggling details
limited to petty enterprises
piffling efforts
giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
source: wordnet30
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contemptibly narrow in outlook | | Example: petty little comments
disgusted with their small-minded pettiness
source: wordnet30 noun
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larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale) | | source: wordnet30
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