- of little or no importance or consequence: petty grievances.
- of lesser or secondary importance, merit, etc.; minor: petty considerations.
- having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc.: petty minds.
- mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things: a petty person.
- showing or caused by meanness of spirit: a petty revenge.
- of secondary rank, especially in relation to others of the same class or kind: petty states; a petty tyrant.
- U.S. racing-car driver.
- William Petty Fitzmaurice Lansdowne.
- trivial; trifling; inessential
- of a narrow-minded, mean, or small-natured disposition or character
- minor or subordinate in rank
- of lesser importance
