petty
nouns
larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
adjectives
inferior in rank or status
"the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
is derived from
(informal) small and of little importance
"a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
is derived from
contemptibly narrow in outlook
"petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"
is derived from
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