Synonyms: petit larceny, petty, petty larceny
Definition: larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
Similar words: theft, thievery, thieving, stealing, larceny
Definition: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
Usage: the thieving is awful at Kennedy International
Synonyms: small-minded, petty
Definition: contemptibly narrow in outlook
Usage: petty little comments; disgusted with their small-minded pettiness
Similar words: narrow, narrow-minded
Definition: lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
Usage: a brilliant but narrow-minded judge; narrow opinions
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: unimportant
Definition: not important
Usage: a relatively unimportant feature of the system; the question seems unimportant
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: junior
Definition: younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service