Definition of Petty

Noun

• larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
  - petit larceny - petty larceny

Adjective

• contemptibly narrow in outlook
  "petty little comments"
  "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"
  - small minded
• (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"
  fiddling footling lilliputian little niggling piddling piffling picayune trivial
• inferior in rank or status
  "the junior faculty"
  "a lowly corporal"
  "petty officialdom"
  "a subordinate functionary"
  - junior grade - lower ranking lowly secondary subaltern

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Unscramble petty

15 unscramble word found using the letters petty.

et, pe, pet, petty, pye, pyet, te, tet, tye, type, tyte, ye, yep, yet, yett,