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English adjective: petty | |||
| 1. | petty inferior in rank or status | ||
| Samples | The junior faculty. A lowly corporal. Petty officialdom. A subordinate functionary. | ||
| Synonyms | junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, secondary, subaltern | ||
| Similar | junior | ||
| Antonyms | senior | ||
| 2. | petty (informal) small and of little importance | ||
| Samples | 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. 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, lilliputian, little, niggling, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial | ||
| Similar | unimportant | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
| Antonyms | important, of import | ||
| 3. | petty contemptibly narrow in outlook | ||
| Samples | Petty little comments. Disgusted with their small-minded pettiness. | ||
| Synonyms | small-minded | ||
| Similar | narrow, narrow-minded | ||
| Antonyms | broad-minded | ||
English noun: petty | |||
| 1. | petty (act) larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale) | ||
| Synonyms | petit larceny, petty larceny | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving | ||
| Antonyms | grand larceny, grand theft | ||
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