petty

Noun
  1. Larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale) (synset 100785737)
    is a type of: larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving - the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
    same as: petit larceny, petty larceny
Adjective
  1. Inferior in rank or status (synset 302108248)
    "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
    similar to: junior - younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
    same as: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, secondary, subaltern
  2. (informal) small and of little importance (synset 301284018)
    "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"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    similar to: unimportant - not important
    same as: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial
  3. Contemptibly narrow in outlook (synset 300289364)
    "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"
    similar to: narrow, narrow-minded - lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
    same as: small-minded

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