petty
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(satellite adjective) contemptibly narrow in outlook; "a little mind consumed with trivia"; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with the pettiness of small minds" |
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Synonyms: little, small, small-minded |
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(satellite adjective) inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" |
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Synonyms: inferior, junior-grade, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, secondary, subaltern, subordinate |
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(satellite adjective) (informal terms) 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" |
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Synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial |
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