petty as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
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petty
noun
1 petty
adjective
1 petty
2 petty
informal Small and of little importance:
— Limited to petty enterprises.
synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial.
Roget 643:
unimportant;
of little account,
of small account,
of no account,
of little importance,
of no importance
etc.
642;
immaterial;
unessential,
nonessential;
indifferent.
subordinate
etc.
(inferior)
34;
mediocre
etc.
(average)
29;
passable,
fair,
respectable,
tolerable,
commonplace;
uneventful,
mere,
common;
ordinary
etc.
(habitual)
613;
inconsiderable,
so-so,
insignificant,
inappreciable.
trifling,
trivial;
slight,
slender,
light,
flimsy,
frothy,
idle;
puerile
etc.
(foolish)
499;
airy,
shallow;
weak
etc.
160;
powerless
etc.
158;
frivolous,
petty,
niggling;
piddling,
peddling;
fribble†,
inane,
ridiculous,
farcical;
finical,
finikin†;
fiddle-faddle,
fingle-fangle†,
namby-pamby,
wishy-washy,
milk and water.
poor,
paltry,
pitiful;
contemptible
etc.
(contempt)
930;
sorry,
mean,
meager,
shabby,
miserable,
wretched,
vile,
scrubby,
scrannel†,
weedy,
niggardly,
scurvy,
putid†,
beggarly,
worthless,
twopennyhalfpenny,
cheap,
trashy,
catchpenny,
gimcrack,
trumpery;
one-horse [U.S.].
not worth the pains,
not worth while,
not worth mentioning,
not worth speaking of,
not worth a thought,
not worth a curse,
not worth a straw
etc.
n.;
beneath notice,
unworthy of notice,
beneath regard,
unworthy of regard,
beneath consideration,
unworthy of consideration;
de lana caprina [It];
vain
etc.
(useless)
645.
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Roget 32:
small,
little;
diminutive
etc.
(small in size)
193;
minute;
fine;
inconsiderable,
paltry
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
faint
etc.
(weak)
160;
slender,
light,
slight,
scanty,
scant,
limited;
meager
etc.
(insufficient)
640;
sparing;
few
etc.
103;
low,
so-so,
middling,
tolerable,
no great shakes;
below par,
under par,
below the mark;
at a low ebb;
halfway;
moderate,
modest;
tender,
subtle.
inappreciable,
evanescent,
infinitesimal,
homeopathic,
very small;
atomic,
corpuscular,
microscopic,
molecular,
subatomic.
mere,
simple,
sheer,
stark,
bare;
near run.
dull,
petty,
shallow,
stolid,
ungifted,
unintelligent.
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Roget 193:
little;
small
etc.
(in quantity)
32;
minute,
diminutive,
microscopic;
microzoal;
inconsiderable
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
exiguous,
puny,
tiny,
wee,
petty,
minikin†,
miniature,
pygmy,
pigmy†,
elfin;
undersized;
dwarf,
dwarfed,
dwarfish;
spare,
stunted,
limited;
cramp,
cramped;
pollard,
Liliputian,
dapper,
pocket;
portative†,
portable;
duodecimo†;
dumpy,
squat;
short
etc.
201.
impalpable,
intangible,
evanescent,
imperceptible,
invisible,
inappreciable,
insignificant,
inconsiderable,
trivial;
infinitesimal,
homoeopathic†;
atomic,
subatomic,
corpuscular,
molecular;
rudimentary,
rudimental;
embryonic,
vestigial.
weazen†,
scant,
scraggy,
scrubby;
thin
etc.
(narrow)
203;
granular
etc.
(powdery)
330;
shrunk
etc.
195;
brevipennate†.
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Polish: bagatelny
3 petty
Contemptibly narrow in outlook:
— Petty little comments.
synonym: small-minded.
Polish: mieszczański, drobnomieszczański, małomieszczański
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