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Pettiness

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being petty. countable, uncountable

    "The pettiness of the accounting department asking me to save a receipt from a fast-food restaurant was absurd."

  2. 2
    lack of generosity in trifling matters wordnet
  3. 3
    A petty behaviour, attitude, etc. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous wordnet
  5. 5
    narrowness of mind or ideas or views wordnet

Etymology

From petty + -ness.

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