Main entry: petit larceny, petty, petty larceny
Definition: larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
Main entry: small-minded, petty
Definition: contemptibly narrow in outlook
Usage: petty little comments; disgusted with their small-minded pettiness
Main entry: trivial, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, lilliputian, little, footling, fiddling
Definition: (informal) small and of little importance
Usage: 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
Main entry: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, subaltern, secondary, petty
Definition: inferior in rank or status
Usage: the junior faculty; a lowly corporal; petty officialdom; a subordinate functionary