Hyphenation of pettiest

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word pettiest? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pet-ti-est

Definitions of pettiest:

1.	Inferior in rank or status The junior faculty A lowly corporal Petty officialdom A subordinate functionary
2.	(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
3.	But it seems to be a picayune infraction
4.	Contemptibly narrow in outlook Petty little comments Disgusted with their small-minded pettiness

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