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Definition of Petty
Petty

Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.

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Also, As, Fault, Inconsiderable, Inferior, Little, Petty, Prince, Subordinate, Trifling


Petty Quotations

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
George Carlin

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
Richard M. Nixon

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.
W. Somerset Maugham

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Aesop

In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws.
Emile M. Cioran

Petty Translations

petty in German is klein


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