petty
adjective
1. inferior in rank or status
- petty officialdom
Similar word(s): junior, lowly, secondary, subaltern
2. (informal) small and of little importance
- limited to petty enterprises
Similar word(s): unimportant, fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial
3. narrow-minded, small-minded.
- petty little comments
Similar word(s): narrow
Sentences with petty as an adjective:
- Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all. (Milton, Samson Agonistes, 1671)petty officer, petty cash
- a petty fault