Petty - Definition

adj 1: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a
lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
functionary" [syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking,
lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern]
2: (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" [syn: fiddling,
footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling,
piffling, petty, picayune, trivial]
3: contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments";
"disgusted with their small-minded pettiness" [syn: petty,
small-minded]
n 1: larceny of property having a value less than some amount
(the amount varies by locale) [syn: petit larceny, petty
larceny, petty] [ant: grand larceny, grand theft]