The meaning of Petty

adjective

Annoyingly trivial or petty.

Usage examples:

Fiddling little details

verb

Touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way.

Usage examples:

Lena fiddled with her cup

adjective

Not important, or of no real interest

Usage examples:

Fiddling little details, fiddling restrictions

adjective

Trivial and irritating.

Usage examples:

Year after year you come with the same footling complaint

verb

Engage in fruitless activity; mess about.

Usage examples:

Where's that pesky creature that was footling about outside?

adjective

Silly or not important

Usage examples:

He could always do something useful instead of wasting my time with footling queries.

adjective

Not important or significant.

Usage examples:

They talked about inconsequential things

adjective

Not important; able to be ignored

Usage examples:

Changes in the stock market were pretty inconsequential during the past week.

adjective

Of small size, amount, or extent.

Usage examples:

A not inconsiderable amount of money

adjective

Very small and therefore not important or not worth considering

Usage examples:

Not inconsiderable sum he inherited a not inconsiderable (= a large) sum., not inconsiderable amoun…

adjective

Not absolutely necessary.

Usage examples:

Inessential information

noun

A thing that is not absolutely necessary.

Usage examples:

Few people had spare cash for inessentials

adjective

Not necessary

Usage examples:

Make-up and other inessential items, there's very little space for inessentials.

adjective

Too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.

Usage examples:

The sum required was insignificant compared with military spending

adjective

Not important or thought to be valuable

Usage examples:

Her problems seemed pretty insignificant compared to her brother’s., my colleagues despised this ma…

adjective

Lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.

Usage examples:

She requested a number of minor alterations

noun

A person under the age of full legal responsibility.

Usage examples:

The court would take account of the minor's wishes

verb

Short for minor suit.

Usage examples:

A bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors

adjective

So small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant.

Usage examples:

He said that the risks were negligible

adjective

Too slight or small in amount to be important

Usage examples:

The effect on sales was negligible.

adjective

Too small in amount or degree to be of importance

Usage examples:

The interest received from these accounts is negligible., negligible effect/impact the rise in the …

adjective

Causing slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety.

Usage examples:

Niggling aches and pains

verb

Cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety.

Usage examples:

Doreen wanted to discuss matters that niggled at her mind

adjective

(of thoughts, worries, or details) unimportant but demanding one’s attention in an annoying way

Usage examples:

She had no niggling doubts like the ones that plagued me.

adjective

Of no value or importance.

Usage examples:

A nugatory and pointless observation

adjective

Worth nothing or of little value

Usage examples:

A nugatory amount

abbreviation

Page.

Usage examples:

See p 784

symbol

(in units of measurement) pico- (10−12).

Usage examples:

A 220 pf capacitor

noun

The sixteenth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

Let’s have an ‘s’ for speedy, and a ‘p’ for polly, intertwined on the top of the cake, in red frost…

adjective

(of an amount) very small or meagre.

Usage examples:

She would earn a paltry £33 more a month

adjective

Less than expected or needed; too small or slight

Usage examples:

I don’t think my paltry student grants are enough for us to live on.

adjective

Used to describe an amount of money that is very small

Usage examples:

The savers were getting a paltry 0.1% interest regardless of the balance in their accounts., a palt…

adjective

Placing undue emphasis on petty details; petty or trivial.

Usage examples:

Pettifogging attorneys were the bane of civil society

verb

Quibble about petty points.

adjective

Small in degree; inconsiderable.

Usage examples:

A slight increase

verb

Insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention.

Usage examples:

He was desperate not to slight a guest

noun

An insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention.

Usage examples:

An unintended slight can create grudges

adjective

Of a size that is less than normal or usual.

Usage examples:

The room was small and quiet

adverb

Into small pieces.

Usage examples:

Cut the okra up small

plural noun

Small items of clothing, especially underwear.

Usage examples:

Do we know if secreted about his smalls he has a pair of boxer shorts in either the ancient or red …

adjective

Unimportant or trivial.

Usage examples:

A trifling sum

verb

Treat without seriousness or respect.

Usage examples:

He is not a man to be trifled with

adjective

A trifling matter or amount of money is small or not important

Usage examples:

It was such a trifling sum of money to argue about!

adjective

Of little value or importance.

Usage examples:

Huge fines were imposed for trivial offences

adjective

Lacking in importance or significance.

Usage examples:

Trivial and unimportant details

adjective

Not important

Usage examples:

The money we lost is relatively unimportant, but the emotional stress of being robbed is hard to ge…