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were petty
adjective
Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.
Exact(41)
Others were petty.
Most of the cases were petty and the fees small.
Under him were petty constables in each tithing, or village.
That American smalltown folk were petty and smallminded?
Its letters to Brook's father were petty, pinched and, Kustow argues, prejudiced.
There were petty power struggles obvious enough to spill over into the public domain.
Similar(14)
Would that be petty?
Am I being petty?
"There are petty misunderstandings.
Or am I being petty?
This is petty and small.
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