petty in English

adjective

1

of little importance; trivial.

the petty divisions of party politics

synonyms: trivial, trifling, minor, small, unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, inconsiderable, negligible, paltry, footling, pettifogging, piffling, piddling, fiddling, de minimis

2

of secondary or lesser importance, rank, or scale; minor.

a petty official

adjective

trivial, trifling, minor, small, unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, inconsiderable, negligible, paltry, footling, pettifogging, piffling, piddling, fiddling, de minimis
small-minded, mean, ungenerous, shabby, spiteful
fiddling, picayune, little, footling, niggling, piddling, piffling, trivial, lilliputian
small-minded
lowly, lower-ranking, subaltern, secondary

noun

petit larceny
petit larceny, petty larceny

Use "petty" in a sentence

1. That's petty cash.

2. Petty cash pads

3. Petty Officer Uchida?

4. Petty Officer Karaki.

5. ▪ Avoid petty jealousy.

6. More like petty cash.

7. I mean, petty theft

8. It's immoral and petty...

9. I assume petty stuff.

10. But, I'm a little petty.

11. She is above petty gossiping.

12. Tis less discredit to abridge petty charges, than to stoop to petty gettings.

13. Bickering (plural Bickerings) Petty quarreling

14. All the petty little humiliations.

15. What's our limit on petty cash?

16. I'm tired of her petty jealousies.

17. 6 She is above petty gossiping.

18. I need some petty cash.

19. What does Bickering mean? Petty quarreling

20. Away with all these petty restrictions!

21. How can she be so petty?

22. Isn't it loathsome! Isn't it petty!

23. How can you be so petty

24. They were nothing but petty thieves .

25. His Bureaucratically petty behavior annoyed her

26. They take it out of petty cash.

27. He got the sack for petty thieving.

28. Two notable advancements are from Seaman to Petty Officer Third Class (E-3 to E-4) and from Petty Officer First Class to Chief Petty Officer (E-6 to E-7).

29. Don't fuck around with John Petty.

30. No trace of petty jealousy there!

31. She handles the payroll and petty cash

32. Come Midnight, let's disperse this petty rabble!

33. You wanted to be petty and dishonest?

34. She grew tired of his petty jealousies.

35. Britain is suffering an epidemic of petty crime.

36. He descended to a life of petty crime.

37. Since it's mean and petty, I will pass.

38. Babur's father was a petty chief of …

39. This isn't about some petty artistic vendetta.

40. I think that attitude is a bit petty.

41. Some of the prison officers were petty tyrants.

42. Petty - bourgeois fanaticism can be good for you.

43. He seems to take delight in petty cruelty.

44. You're hung up on your petty Bushwa interests

45. NFL's petty Blackballing of Colin Kaepernick hurts everyone

46. Petty Officer Simon Allen is an intelligence specialist.

47. Try to abandon their petty emotions as well.

48. Gossip: sociologist on a mean and petty scale.

49. Fara, I need 80,000 rupees from petty cash.

50. Chief Petty Officer Marichek is undergoing cardiac arrest.