Definition: 1. Small and unimportant. 2. Inferior in rank or status. 3. Small and of little importance. 4. Contemptibly narrow in outlook.
Use 'petty' in a sentence:
1. The party split into petty factions.
2. She felt hemmed in by all their petty rules and regulations.
3. First-world problem refers to a trivial frustration1 or petty concern, particularly one that contrasts sharply with serious problems such as those faced by developing nations.
4. A team of officers is trawling through the records of thousands of petty thieves.
5. He was also petty, unreasonably querulous, and mean.
6. Next he turned to the petty thief.
7. The merchants suspended all business, and the petty dealers shut up their shops.
8. The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier.
9. The meeting degenerated into petty squabbling.
10. A gentleman is open and poised; a petty man is unhappy and worried.
11. Acts of trespass and petty theft often grew out of the blithe disregard that boys had for private property.
12. Computer is not a petty human.
13. Wilson was not a man who dealt with petty officials.
14. Keep some money on you for petty expenses.
15. She felt boxed in by all their petty rules.
16. She is very petty at times.
17. It was a petty problem and they soon solved it.
18. He was miserable all the time and fights would start over petty things.
19. Donaldson was a petty crook with a string of previous offences.
20. He had wished for a long time to buy some petty books that he had seen at the bookstore.
21. Kenworthy had run him in on a petty charge.
22. I think that attitude is a bit petty.
23. How could you be so petty?
24. He got the sack for petty thieving.
25. Mr Baruch dismisses that as petty and spiteful.
26. The rise in unemployment is paralleled by an increase in petty crime.
27. Though a petty official, he assumes great airs.
28. I was petty proud when I bought four books from the Harry Potter.
29. I'm not that petty.
30. Mr. Baruch dismisses that as petty and spiteful.
31. The petty jury having been sworn.
32. Ledger includes general ledger, subsidiary ledger, cash book, and petty cash book.
33. The article paints them as a bunch of petty criminals.
34. He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.
35. He has dropped some of the petty restrictions that irritate Cubans.
36. Most car thieves are opportunist unskilled petty criminals; many are under 20.
37. They used to quarrel over petty things.
38. Big business will never let petty nationalism get in the way of a good deal.
39. The couple were charged with grand/ petty larceny.
40. Petty crime is having a deleterious effect on community life.
41. Petty officers are the backbone of a navy.
42. People who seek after petty gains seldom think far.
43. The petty clerk was afraid of offending his boss.
44. At 17, he had a criminal record for petty theft.
45. I'm tired of her petty jealousies.
46. After having her expense claims overruled, she took the money from petty cash.
47. He was petty-minded and obsessed with detail.
48. To an outsider, the issues that we fight about would seem almost laughably petty.
49. The petty quarrels were a sad commentary on the state of the government.
50. Their delegation threw a giant monkey wrench into the process this week by raising all sorts of petty objections.
