petty

(derogatory, often)Having little or no importance.

a petty fault    petty squabbles

Đồng nghĩa: base, contemptible, floccinaucinihilipilificatious, foolish, for the birds, futile, frivolous, idle, ignorable, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indifferent, insignificant, like a fart in a windstorm, meager, mean, minor, miserable, negligible, nothingburger, nondescript, null, paltry, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, piddly, pissant, pissass, piteous, pitiful, pointless, silly, simple, slight, ticky-tacky, tin-pot, trifling, trivial, two-bit, unimportant, unweighty, vain, worthless, wretched

(derogatory, often)Of persons or their behaviour: marked by or reflective of undesirably limited interests, sympathies, or views; begrudging, selfish, small-minded; also, preoccupied with subjects having little or no importance and not mindful of broader concerns.

Such literature may well be anathema to those who are too docile and petty for their own good.

That corporation is only slightly pettier than they are greedy, and they are overdue to reap the consequences.

Đồng nghĩa: grudgeful, grudging

(derogatory, informal, often)Inclined to cause frustration or annoyance to others out of spite over minor grievances; extremely vindictive.

My cousin is so petty—I forgot his birthday and he's been making snarky comments all week.

Đồng nghĩa: avengeful, pluckcrow, revengeful, vengeable, vengeful, vengesome, vindical, vindictive, wreakful

(historical)Of or relating to the lowest grade or level of school; junior, primary.

Little or small in size.

Đồng nghĩa: compact, fun size, fun-sized, ickle, insignificant, lit'l, little, low, modest, mini, petty, pint-sized, pocket-size, slim, slight, small, small-scale, undersized, wee, wurly

Secondary in importance or rank; minor, subordinate.

petty cash    petty officer

(dialectal, euphemistic, informal)An outbuilding used as a lavatory; an outhouse, a privy.

Đồng nghĩa: backhouse, backside, bog, boggard, boghouse, carsey, chamber foreign, common house, commons, Cousin John, craphouse, danna, draught, draught-house, dunnekin, dunny, earth closet, foreign, gang, gingerbread office, gong, gonghouse, House of Commons, house of ease, house of easement, house of office, issue, jacques, jakes, jakeshouse, johnny house, karzy, khazi, kocay, little house, long drop, longhouse, necessary, necessary house, necessary place, necessary vault, neddy, netty, outhouse, passage house, petty, petty-house, privy, privy house, purging place, retreat, shield, shithouse, shouse, siege, siegehouse, thunderbox, usual offices, vault, wardrobe, withdraught

(historical)A class or school for young schoolboys.

Đồng nghĩa: petty form, ABC, petty school

(also, figuratively, in plural, obsolete)(obsolete, chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) A little schoolboy, either in grade or size.