Definitions of petty [ˈpɛt i]

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Definition of 'petty'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) petty
of little or no importance; inconsequential:
petty grievances.

2.  petty
of lesser importance or merit; minor:
petty considerations.

3.  petty
having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc.:
petty minds.

4.  petty
ungenerous in trifling matters:
a petty person.

5.  petty
showing meanness of spirit:
a petty revenge.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME peti(t) small, minor < OF petit < Gallo-Romance *pittīttus)

Definition of 'petty'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) petit larceny, petty larceny, petty
larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

2. (adj) junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern
inferior in rank or status
"the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"

3. (adj) fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
(informal) small and of little importance
"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"

4. (adj) petty, small-minded
contemptibly narrow in outlook
"petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

Definition of 'petty'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) petty
not important
a petty argument

2. petty
caring too much about sth that is not important
her petty complaints

Definition of 'petty'

Webster Dictionary

1. petty
little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince

Translation of 'petty'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: of very little importance; trivial petty details.
Afrikaans: klein, nietig	Arabic: صَغير، زَهيد	Bulgarian: дребен
Brazilian: insignificante	Czech: banální; bezvýznamný	German: geringfügig
Danish: ubetydelig; uvæsentlig	Greek: ασήμαντος	Spanish: insignificante, nimio, de
Estonian: pisi-	Farsi: کم اهمیت؛ ناچیز	Finnish: vähäinen
French: insignifiant	Hebrew: זוּטָר	Hindi: नगण्य, तुच्छ, क्षुद्र, छो
Croatian: sitan, neznatan	Hungarian: jelentéktelen	Indonesian: remeh
Icelandic: smávægilegur, ómerkilegur	Italian: insignificante	Japanese: つまらない
Korean: 사소한, 시시한	Lithuanian: menkas, niekingas, smulku	Latvian: maznozīmīgs; sīks, nesvar
Malay: remeh-temeh	Dutch: onbetekenend	Norwegian: ubetydelig, triviell
Polish: mało ważny, nieistotny	Persian: کم اهمیت؛ ناچیز	Pashto: كم اهميته، ووړ، وړو كى، ك
Portuguese: insignificante	Romanian: neînsemnat	Russian: незначительный
Slovak: bezvýznamný	Slovenian: nepomemben	Serbian: neznatan
Swedish: obetydlig, trivial, futti	Thai: เล็กน้อย	Turkish: önemsiz
Taiwanese: 瑣碎的，微不足道的，不重要的	Ukrainian: незначний; неважливий	Urdu: معمولي
Vietnamese: nhỏ mọn	Chinese: 琐碎的，次要的，不重要的
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