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Adjective: petty (pettier,pettiest) petee- Inferior in rank or status
"petty officialdom" - junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, secondary, subaltern - (informal) small and of little importance
"limited to petty enterprises" - fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, picayune [N. Amer], trivial - Contemptibly narrow in outlook
"petty little comments" - small-minded Noun: petty petee- Larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
- petit larceny, petty larceny
Derived forms: pettier, pettiest, petties See also: junior, narrow, narrow-minded, pettily, pettiness, unimportant Type of: larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving Encyclopedia: Petty, Inverness Petty Petty, Texas Petty, TX |