Petty

a.

1.

Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince. Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all. - Milton. Petty averages See under Average. Petty cash money expended or received in small items or amounts. Petty officer a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc., corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.

Adj.	1.	petty - inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" Synonyms: junior-grade, lower-ranking, subaltern, lowly, secondary, lower, inferior, subordinate
	2.	petty - (informal terms) 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"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "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" Synonyms: fiddling, footling, Mickey Mouse, niggling, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial, lilliputian, little
	3.	petty - contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness" Synonyms: small-minded

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