Petty
/ˈpeti/
/ˈpeti/
Contemptibly narrow in outlook; (informal) small and of little importance; Inferior in rank or status.
adjectivenegative
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1. She's petty about small slights.
Generated by GPT.2. His petty complaints annoyed everyone.
Generated by GPT.3. The petty person held grudges.
Generated by GPT.4. She's petty occasionally.
Generated by GPT.5. His petty nature created friction.
Generated by GPT.6. Initially this gave rise to gossip among petty people, and it gradually provoked criticism from members of our family.
Quoted from Tatoeba.7. We shouldn't be imprisoning people for such petty crimes.
Quoted from Tatoeba.8. Many people in the president’s inner circle — both those inside his White House and, perhaps even more so, the outside advisors — lie really frequently. The liars who surround the president are unique: they lie reflexively, they lie regularly, they lie for petty reasons, and often they lie in ways that are extraordinarily reckless.
Quoted from Tatoeba.9. People punish petty thieves but love big thieves.
Quoted from Tatoeba.10. Those who are completely lost, those who believe they know how to differentiate an idiot from a miser or petty, when there can be a whole world between them, those who do not know that a man lives the same misery as they, they must know that he is missing a half, too.
Quoted from Tatoeba.11. A petty fault    petty squabbles
Quoted from Wiktionary.12. Such literature may well be anathema to those who are too docile and petty for their own good.
Quoted from Wiktionary.13. My cousin is so petty—I forgot his birthday and he's been making snarky comments all week.
Quoted from Wiktionary.14. Petty cash    petty officer
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