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noun : PETTY
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale) ;
Adjective : PETTY
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" ;
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2. (
- fiddling ,
- footling ,
- lilliputian ,
- little ,
- niggling ,
- piddling ,
- piffling ,
- petty ,
- picayune ,
- trivial
) (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, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" ;
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3. (
) contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness" ;
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