petty

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  • February 11. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    petty noun english

    larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

  • March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    petty adjective english

    inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"

  • March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    petty adjective english

    (informal) 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"; "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"

  • March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    petty adjective english

    contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"