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1. Inferior in rank or status
   "petty officialdom"
   - junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, secondary, subaltern
    
2. (informal) small and of little importance
   "limited to petty enterprises"
   - fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, picayune [N. Amer], trivial
    
3. Contemptibly narrow in outlook
   "petty little comments"
   - small-minded

1. Larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
   - petit larceny, petty larceny

Derived forms: pettier, petties, pettiest

See also: junior, narrow, narrow-minded, pettily, pettiness, unimportant

Type of: larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving

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