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- Dictionarypettiness/ˈpɛtɪnɪs/
noun
- 1. undue concern with trivial matters, especially of a small-minded or spiteful nature: "the sheer pettiness of the officials was quite startling"
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PETTINESS definition: 1. the fact of lacking importance: 2. the quality of complaining or getting angry about things…. Learn more.
: having little or no importance or significance. 3. : marked by or reflective of narrow interests and sympathies : small-minded. pettily. ˈpe-tə-lē. adverb. pettiness. ˈpe-tē-nəs. noun. Synonyms. illiberal. insular. Lilliputian. little. narrow-minded. parochial. picayune.
Pettiness definition: the quality or condition of being of little, lesser, or no importance, consequence, or merit; insignificance. See examples of PETTINESS used in a sentence.
Pettiness is the quality of being completely unimportant. The pettiness of an airplane passenger's complaint that there’s a smudge on the window is likely to cause the flight attendants to pay no attention to it.
Synonyms for PETTINESS: negligibility, smallness, insignificance, triviality, emptiness, inconsequence, inconsequentiality, littleness; Antonyms of PETTINESS: importance, significance, moment, consequence, magnitude, weight, import, value.
PETTINESS meaning: 1. the fact of lacking importance: 2. the quality of complaining or getting angry about things…. Learn more.
1. Of small importance; trivial: a petty grievance. See Synonyms at trivial. 2. Showing an excessive concern with unimportant matters or minor details, especially in a narrow-minded way: petty partisanship. 3. a. Of lesser importance or rank; subordinate: a petty prince. b. Law Variant of petit.
Jun 25, 2017 · Definition of pettiness noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. The quality of being petty. The pettiness of the accounting department asking me to save a receipt from a fast-food restaurant was absurd. Wiktionary. A petty behaviour, attitude, etc. Wiktionary. Synonyms: puniness. slightness. triviality. smallness. littleness. trivialness. paltriness. negligibleness. negligibility. inconsiderableness.
having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc.: petty minds. Synonyms: small. mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things: a petty person. Synonyms: miserly, stingy. Antonyms: generous. showing or caused by meanness of spirit: a petty revenge. of secondary rank, especially in relation to others of the same class or kind:
