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petty    音标拼音: [p'ɛti]
a. 琐碎的,小规模的,小气的

琐碎的,小规模的,小气的

petty
adj 1: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a
lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
functionary" [synonym: {junior-grade}, {lower-ranking},
{lowly}, {petty(a)}, {secondary}, {subaltern}]
2: (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" [synonym: {fiddling},
{footling}, {lilliputian}, {little}, {niggling}, {piddling},
{piffling}, {petty}, {picayune}, {trivial}]
3: contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments";
"disgusted with their small-minded pettiness" [synonym: {petty},
{small-minded}]
n 1: larceny of property having a value less than some amount
(the amount varies by locale) [synonym: {petit larceny}, {petty
larceny}, {petty}] [ant: {grand larceny}, {grand theft}]

Petty \Pet"ty\ (p[e^]t"t[y^]), a. [Compar. {Pettier}
(p[e^]t"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Pettiest}.] [OE. petit, F.
petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf.
{Petit}.]
Little; trifling; inconsiderable; unimportant; also,
inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; petty complaints; a
petty prince. --Denham.
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Like a petty god
I walked about, admired of all. --Milton.
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{Petty averages}. See under {Average}.

{Petty cash}, money expended or received in small items or
amounts.

{Petty officer}, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc.,
corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.
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Note: For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty
treason, See {Petit}.
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Syn: Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling;
trivial; unimportant; frivolous.
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176 Moby Thesaurus words for "petty":
Mickey Mouse, abject, abominable, arrant, atrocious, authoritarian,
base, beggarly, bickering, bigot, bigoted, borne, captious, casual,
caviling, cheap, cheesy, choplogic, close, closed, constricted,
contemptible, cramped, creedbound, crummy, cursory, deaf,
deaf to reason, debased, deficient, degraded, depraved, depthless,
despicable, dinky, dirty, disgusting, equivocatory, evasive,
execrable, fanatical, few, flagrant, footling, foul, fulsome,
grave, gross, grudging, hairsplitting, hedging, heinous, hidebound,
illiberal, imperfect, impertinent, inadequate, incompetent,
inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inessential,
inferior, insignificant, insufficient, insular, irrelevant,
jerkwater, light, little, little-minded, logic-chopping, low,
low-down, lumpen, maladroit, mangy, meager, mean, mean-minded,
mean-spirited, measly, mediocre, mingy, miniature, minor,
miserable, miserly, monstrous, narrow, narrow-hearted,
narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited, nearsighted,
nefarious, negligible, niggardly, niggling, nit-picking,
no great shakes, not comparable, not in it, nugatory, obnoxious,
odious, of no account, one-horse, out of it, paltering, paltry,
parochial, parsimonious, peanut, peddling, pettifogging, picayune,
picayunish, piddling, piffling, pimping, poky, poor, provincial,
punk, puny, purblind, pussyfooting, quibbling, rank, reptilian,
scabby, scrubby, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, shabby, shallow, shoddy,
shoestring, short, shortsighted, shuffling, skin-deep, slight,
small, small-beer, small-minded, small-time, squalid, stingy,
straitlaced, stuffy, superficial, tight, tight-fisted, tinhorn,
tiny, trichoschistic, trifling, trinal, trivial, two-bit,
two-by-four, twopenny-halfpenny, uncatholic, uncharitable,
unchivalrous, unconsidered, ungenerous, unimportant, unliberal,
unmentionable, unskillful, vile, wretched


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  • PETTY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of PETTY is having secondary rank or importance : minor, subordinate How to use petty in a sentence
  • PETTY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    PETTY definition: 1 not important and not worth giving attention to: 2 complaining too much about things that are… Learn more
  • Petty - definition of petty by The Free Dictionary
    1 trivial; trifling; inessential: petty details 2 of a narrow-minded, mean, or small-natured disposition or character: petty spite 3 minor or subordinate in rank: petty officialdom 4 (Law) law of lesser importance
  • PETTY definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
    If you describe someone's behavior as petty, you mean that they care too much about small, unimportant things and perhaps that they are unnecessarily unkind
  • petty adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    (disapproving) caring too much about small and unimportant matters, especially when this is unkind to other people synonym small-minded How could you be so petty? (law) (of a crime or criminal) not very serious When they run out of money, they sometimes turn to petty crime
  • Petty Definition Meaning - YourDictionary
    Having or showing a tendency to make much of small matters Relatively low in rank; subordinate From Middle French petit, English since the late 14th century The disparaging meaning develops during the 16th century All the petty supervising establishments are composed of convicts
  • petty, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
    What does the word petty mean? There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the word petty, two of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence How common is the word petty? How is the word petty pronounced? Where does the word petty come from?
  • PETTY Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com
    Petty, paltry, trifling, trivial apply to something that is so insignificant as to be almost unworthy of notice Petty implies contemptible insignificance and littleness, inferiority and small worth: petty quarrels
  • petty - definition and meaning - Wordnik
    Of minor importance or gravity; not heinous or serious: as, petty trespass; a petty crime Inferior as regards rank, power, capacity, possessions, etc ; not of great importance, standing, or rank: as, a petty prince; a petty proprietor
  • PETTY meaning: Small-minded about trivial matters - OneLook
    adjective: Having little or no importance adjective: Of persons or their behaviour: marked by or reflective of undesirably limited interests, sympathies, or views; begrudging, selfish, small-minded; also, preoccupied with subjects having little or no importance and not mindful of broader concerns





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