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Comparative for trivial or unimportant in nature
“I was also tempted to go out to my car and get my gloves but felt that the gloves were a minor and petty concern when there was a missing cat.”
Comparative for small or insignificant in amount
“He lacked the money to carry him to the States, so he had to stay on at Cattermole's farm at a petty wage.”
Comparative for spiteful, especially when concerned with trivial matters
“The president's closest advisor recklessly betrays a state secret for petty revenge.”
Comparative for not open to the opinions or views of others
“A number of the Scots criticised Barrie's treatment of his countrymen, believing that he portrayed them as scheming, petty and insular.”
Comparative for overly fussy when it comes to money
“The husband was becoming impossible to live with, and he was especially petty when it came to money.”
Comparative for not honorable in character or purpose
Comparative for having or showing no moral principles
Comparative for tending to find fault or raise petty objections
Comparative for having a mean-spirited nature or disposition
(of something abstract) Comparative for perceived only with attention to detail or subtlety
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