transcription, транскрипция: [ peti ]
( 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 ]
• pet‧ti‧ness
Never had she met such spite and pettiness.
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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