petty
Speech parts
1. petty - Noun
2. petty - Adjective
4. petty - Adjective Satellite
5. Petty - Proper noun
Meaning
Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.
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Examples
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