pettyadjective
uk/ˈpet.i/us/ˈpet̬.i/disapprovingC2 [ before noun ] not important and not worth giving attention to:
Prisoners complain that they are subjected to too many petty rules and restrictions.
[ after noun ] complaining too much about things that are not important:
Don't be so petty!
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Of little or less importance
- be in/under sb's shadow idiom
- be neither here nor there idiom
- be no big deal idiom
- biggie
- derisory
- fringe
- inferior
- lowly
- merely
- minor
- miss
- mouldy
- need
- peripheral
- poxy
- rinky-dink
- sideshow
- small-time
- stay
- subordinate
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pettiness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈpet.i.nəs/us/ˈpet̬.i.nəs/
It was the pettiness of their arguments that irritated her.