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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
petty
larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale) • Syn: petit larceny, petty larceny • Ant: grand larceny (for: petit larceny) • Hypernyms: larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
1. (informal) small and of little importance - 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 - a dispute over niggling details - limited to petty enterprises - piffling efforts - giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction • Syn: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, picayune, trivial • Similar to: unimportant • Derivationally related forms: trivialize (for: trivial), trivia (for: trivial), triviality (for: trivial), pettiness, littleness (for: little) • Usage Domain: colloquialism 2. inferior in rank or status - the junior faculty - a lowly corporal - petty officialdom - a subordinate functionary • Syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, secondary, subaltern • Similar to: junior • Derivationally related forms: subaltern (for: subaltern), pettiness 3. contemptibly narrow in outlook - petty little comments - disgusted with their small-minded pettiness • Syn: small-minded • Similar to: narrow-minded, narrow • Derivationally related forms: pettiness
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