Petty Mnemonic
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petty
petty
/ˈpɛti/
insignificant
Examples
- I'm shocked at their pettiness.
- The merits of the fact are petty.
- Alphistia will survive the pettiness of such individuals.
- He's a vainglorious and petty autocrat.
- The album was a breakthrough for Petty and the Heartbreakers.
- The inexperience concerns seem petty.
- The oppositions appear to be flimsy and petty.
- They are often the petty shopkeepers in the villages.
- It is petty details of life and the eternal verities.
- It's petty foolishness and is symptomatic of clannish myopia.
larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
noun
inferior in rank or status
adjective
small and of little importance;
adjective
contemptibly narrow in outlook
adjective
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"Pet + Tea. Small annoyances over spilled tea."
"Pet + Tea. Small issues like a spilled tea on a pet."
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