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What (who) is petty - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Petty (disambiguation); Pettiness
Petty
·superl Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.
petty
adj. petty to + inf. (it was petty of him to do that)
petty
(pettier, pettiest)
1.
You can use petty to describe things such as problems, rules, or arguments which you think are unimportant or relate to unimportant things.
He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.
...endless rules and petty regulations...
ADJ: usu ADJ n [disapproval]
2.
If you describe someone's behaviour as petty, you mean that they care too much about small, unimportant things and perhaps that they are unnecessarily unkind.
I think that attitude is a bit petty.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ [disapproval]
• pettiness
Never had she met such spite and pettiness.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
Petty is used of people or actions that are less important, serious, or great than others.
...petty crime, such as handbag-snatching and minor break-ins.
ADJ: ADJ n
Examples of use of petty
1. Violence, both petty and political, permeates society.
2. Nominee was rightly impatient with petty regulations.
3. "Does it increase the marketability?" Petty asked.
4. Petty Officer Isao Matsuo wrote: "Dear parents, please congratulate me.
5. They verge, headteacher Tarun Kapur freely admits, on the petty.