Petty - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
adjective
Extra examples
My behavior was petty and stupid. I apologize.
How can she be so petty?
Some petty bureaucrat wanted all the documents in triplicate.
...refused to respond to their petty slights...
...over time, her petty thefts aggregated a significant shortfall in the company's books...
...the degeneracy of the family into a gang of petty thieves...
He was a successful basketball coach, but many people regarded him as a petty despot.
Somehow the debate devolved into a petty competition to see who could get more applause.
...a tough city neighborhood that has a reputation for pullulating with prostitutes and petty criminals...
...I know you're not happy, but there's no need to resort to petty sarcasms to make your point....
...some claimed that orphanages were seminaries of sin and petty crime, turning out juvenile delinquents by the score...
...a man who has a history of petty thievery and narcotics peddling...
...known as a petty, unrelenting wrangler who likes argument for the sake of argument...
It would be churlish to offer such petty criticism.
They have been in almost every variety of crime, from petty larceny down to downright murder.
Word forms
comparative: pettier
superlative: pettiest
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