Hyphenation of petty

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pet-ty

Definitions of petty:

1.
Larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
2.
Inferior in rank or status
The junior faculty A lowly corporal Petty officialdom A subordinate functionary
3.
(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
4.
But it seems to be a picayune infraction
5.
Contemptibly narrow in outlook
Petty little comments Disgusted with their small-minded pettiness

Synonyms of petty:

adj junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, secondary, subaltern, subordinate, junior
adj fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, picayune, trivial, unimportant
adj small-minded, narrow-minded, narrow

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