petty
adjective
[ ˈpɛti ]
• of little importance; trivial.
Similar:
trivial,
trifling,
minor,
small,
slight,
unimportant,
insignificant,
inessential,
inconsequential,
inconsiderable,
negligible,
paltry,
footling,
fiddling,
niggling,
pettifogging,
nugatory,
of little account,
piffling,
piddling,
penny-ante,
twopenny-halfpenny,
nickel-and-dime,
picayune,
chickenshit,
• of secondary or lesser importance, rank, or scale; minor.
• "a petty official"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘small in size’): from a phonetic spelling of the pronunciation of French petit ‘small’. Compare with petit.
