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What is the adjective for pettiness?

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petty
  1. (obsolete except in set phrases) Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.
  2. Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.
  3. Narrow-minded, small-minded.
  4. Begrudging in nature, especially over insignificant matters.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. trivial, insignificant, trifling, inconsequential, paltry, negligible, unimportant, minor, inconsiderable, piddling, small, slight, measly, minute, nominal, frivolous, piffling, nugatory, little, niggling, footling, picayune, piddly, fiddling, irrelevant, pimping, inferior, peanut, chicken, light, secondary, inessential, subordinate, lesser, lower, casual, shallow, junior, contemptible, pettifogging, base, shoestring, cheap, inconsequent, scratch, potty, no-account, nickel-and-dime, Mickey Mouse, de minimis … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “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.”
      “He lacked the money to carry him to the States, so he had to stay on at Cattermole's farm at a petty wage.”
      “The president's closest advisor recklessly betrays a state secret for petty revenge.”
pettier
  1. comparative form of petty: more petty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. paltrier, smaller, slighter, measlier, minuter, less, piddlier, lighter, shallower, baser, cheaper, pottier, more trivial, more insignificant, more trifling, more inconsequential, more negligible, more unimportant, more minor, more inconsiderable, more frivolous, more piffling, more nugatory, more footling, more picayune, more irrelevant, more pimping, more chicken, more secondary, more subordinate, more casual, more junior, more contemptible, more inconsequent, more no-account, more nickel-and-dime, more penny-ante, more incidental, more worthless, more immaterial, more meaningless, foolisher, more pointless, meagrer, meagerer, more insubstantial, miserabler, pitifuller, more lightweight, more superficial … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “On a pettier level, magistrates appear to have terrorised communities with impunity.”
      “That's how the problems of everyday life seem to be pettier and more insignificant.”
      “Sentences have got tougher, with longer stints in prison for pettier offences.”
pettiest
  1. superlative form of petty: most petty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. paltriest, smallest, slightest, measliest, minutest, least, piddliest, lightest, shallowest, basest, cheapest, pottiest, most trivial, most insignificant, most trifling, most inconsequential, most negligible, most unimportant, most minor, most inconsiderable, most frivolous, most piffling, most nugatory, most footling, most picayune, most irrelevant, most pimping, most chicken, most secondary, most subordinate, most casual, most junior, most contemptible, most inconsequent, most no-account, most nickel-and-dime, most penny-ante, most incidental, most worthless, most immaterial, most meaningless, foolishest, most pointless, meagrest, meagerest, most insubstantial, miserablest, pitifullest, most lightweight, most superficial … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “We find yet again our so-called leaders are engaged in point scoring of the pettiest nature.”
      “Jay is an arresting, terrifying creation, an essentially clueless man of the pettiest ambitions.”
      “It could be said that in the pettiest way she was a family retainer.”
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