Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pettiness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pettiness \Pet"ti*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness;
meanness.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pettiness
n 1: narrowness of mind or ideas or views
2: the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
[syn: {triviality}, {slightness}]
3: lack of generosity in trifling matters
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