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Pettiness

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Noun

1. pettiness

narrowness of mind or ideas or views

2. pettiness, puniness, slightness, triviality

the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous

3. littleness, pettiness, smallness

lack of generosity in trifling matters

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Pettiness

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adjective -tier or -tiest
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
of lesser importance

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Pettiness

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈpettier or ˈpettiest
1. 
relatively worthless or unimportant; trivial; insignificant
2. 
small-scale; minor
3. 
a. 
having or showing a tendency to make much of small matters
b. 
small-minded; mean, narrow, ungenerous, etc.
4. 
relatively low in rank; subordinate

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Pettiness

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adj. pet·ti·er, pet·ti·est
1. Of small importance; trivial: a petty grievance. See Synonyms at trivial.
2. Showing an excessive concern with unimportant matters or minor details, especially in a narrow-minded way: petty partisanship.
3.
a. Of lesser importance or rank; subordinate: a petty prince.
b. Law Variant of petit.

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