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| 1. | [ adjective ] (informal terms) small and of little importance | |
| Synonyms: | little trivial picayune niggling footling piddling piffling lilliputian fiddling | |
| Examples: | "a fiddling sum of money" "a footling gesture" "our worries are lilliputian" "a little (or small) matter" "Mickey Mouse regulations" "niggling details" petty enterprises" "piffling efforts" |
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| Related terms: | unimportant | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] inferior in rank or status | |
| Synonyms: | lower lowly junior-grade inferior subordinate subaltern secondary lower-ranking | |
| Examples: | "the junior faculty" "a lowly corporal" "petty officialdom" "a subordinate functionary" |
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| Related terms: | junior | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] inferior in rank or status | |
| Synonyms: | lower lowly inferior junior-grade subordinate subaltern secondary lower-ranking | |
| Examples: | "the junior faculty" "a lowly corporal" "petty officialdom" "a subordinate functionary" |
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| Related terms: | junior | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (informal terms) small and of little importance | |
| Synonyms: | little trivial piddling mickey_mouse footling niggling picayune piffling lilliputian fiddling | |
| Examples: | "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" "Mickey Mouse regulations" "a dispute over ni |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism unimportant | |
| 5. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 814 | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] contemptibly narrow in outlook | |
| Synonyms: | small little small-minded | |
| Examples: | "petty little comments" "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness" |
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| Related terms: | narrow-minded | |
| Similar spelling: |
Pett peaty pet Pewitt Petway Pettey Pettway Peto Peth Pete Peet peat pewit Petti Peete Pettiway Petteway Pettaway peyote Pettie peewit |
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