01 a. Little; trifling; inconsiderable; unimportant; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; petty complaints; a petty prince.
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Little; trifling; inconsiderable; unimportant; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; petty complaints; a petty prince.“Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all.” — Milton.
Phrases & compounds
Petty averages —
See under Average.
Petty cash —
money expended or received in small items or amounts.
Petty officer —
a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc., corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.
Syn.
Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling; trivial; unimportant; frivolous.