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noun

Say it like: Pet-tin-ess

The correct spelling is pettiness. The quality of being petty. For example: "The pettiness of the accounting department asking me to save a receipt from a fast-food restaurant was absurd."

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

Definition

noun

  1. 1.The quality of being petty.
  2. 2.A petty behaviour, attitude, etc.

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