pettiness

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More broadly the play is a tart vivisection of human pettiness and venality, as one by one the characters’ prejudices, peccadilloes and blinkered views are exposed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Brooks was arrested and told officers: "It was really just pettiness on the part of people - I know I shouldn't have done that, I shouldn't have done Photoshop."

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025

And yes, in a paroxysm of pettiness, he renamed Mt.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2025

It’s like the prom scene in “Carrie,” only Elphaba rises above the pettiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024

It rises inside me, unabated by the dim pettiness of university politics or mind-numbing everyday rules.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older