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petty

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Definition of petty (English)

Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.

sumber: webster1913

inferior in rank or status
- the junior faculty
- a lowly corporal
- petty officialdom
- a subordinate functionary
sumber: wordnet30
(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
sumber: wordnet30
contemptibly narrow in outlook
- petty little comments
- disgusted with their small-minded pettiness
sumber: wordnet30

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

sumber: wordnet30