petty

Words with a similar base: petty, petty_larceny

'petty'

[petit_larceny.n.01] as in: larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

'petty'

[junior-grade.s.01] as in: inferior in rank or status

Examples:
the junior faculty
a lowly corporal
petty officialdom
a subordinate functionary

'petty'

[fiddling.s.01] as in: (informal) small and of little importance

Examples:
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

'petty'

[petty.s.03] as in: contemptibly narrow in outlook

Examples:
petty little comments
disgusted with their small-minded pettiness

Origins

					petty (English)
└── petit (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))

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