pettiness
(noun)
noun
1. narrowness of mind or ideas or views
Definition categories: thought, narrowness
2. the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
Similar word(s): puniness, slightness, triviality
Definition categories: attribute, unimportance
3. lack of generosity in trifling matters
Similar word(s): littleness, smallness
Definition categories: attribute, closeness, meanness, niggardliness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness
Sentences with pettiness as a noun:
- The pettiness of the accounting department asking me to save a receipt from a fast-food restaurant was absurd.