Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
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Pettiness
Synonyms for "pettiness" (123 found)
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minginessminutenessmiserablenessmoderatenessmonstrousnessnarrow sympathiesnarrow viewsnarrow-mindednessnarrownessnearsightednessnefariousnessnegligibilityniggardlinessobnoxiousnessodiousnessodium theologicumpaltrinessparochialismpetty mindpicayune
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picayunishnesspokinesspoornessprovincialismpuninesspurblindnessranknessscabbinessscantinessscrubbinessscruffinessscumminessscurvinesssecondarinessshabbinessshoddinessshortsightednessshut mindslightnesssmallnesssqualorstinginessstraitlacednessstuffinesssubnormalitytininesstrivialityuncatholicityungenerousnessunimportanceunimpressivenessunmagnanimousnessunnoteworthinessunskillfulnessvilenessvulgaritywretchedness
Noun(4 words)
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4 translations across 3 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- kleinzieligheid noun (Translations)
German
2 entries- Kleinkariertheit noun (Translations)
- Kleinlichkeit noun (Translations)
Greek
1 entries- μικρότητα noun (Translations)
Sample sentences
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In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
Source: tatoeba (347779)
Some things are more important than others. Maybe pettiness and narcissism have no place when there are much bigger things which need tending to in the world.
Source: tatoeba (6317818)
Pettiness separates; breadth unites. Let us be broad and big. Let us not overlook vital things because of the bulk of trifles confronting us.
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