Thesaurus / petty
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Look, of course it makes celebrities look weak and petty to get all het up about Chris Discourse now — Now!
HOW CHRIS PRATT BECAME THE INTERNET’S LEAST FAVORITE CHRISCONSTANCE GRADYOCTOBER 22, 2020VOXFor another, many of the alleged crimes, like petty theft, are not that serious—while others aren’t specified at all.
LIVE FACIAL RECOGNITION IS TRACKING KIDS SUSPECTED OF BEING CRIMINALSKAREN HAOOCTOBER 9, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWWhat she is watching is mostly petty trivialities, and the power of the novel comes from Batuman’s ability to render those trivialities worthwhile.
WHY ART MATTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLDCONSTANCE GRADYSEPTEMBER 25, 2020VOXImagine a president using that awesome power again for good rather than for exacting petty revenge on real and imagined enemies.
VOTE FOR BIDEN (DUH)KEVIN NAFFSEPTEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEAnother employee reported Carson searched a school site looking for employees mishandling petty cash.
ACCUSATIONS FLEW, THEN NATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIAL GOT PAID TO RESIGNASHLY MCGLONEJULY 20, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOAunty Rosa had credited him in the past with petty cunning and stratagem that had never entered into his head.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLINGOn the 25th of November following the magistrates began to sit daily at Petty Sessions.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELLHe became the low-born, petty tradesman, using the language of the hands of his jam factory.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEHe would give them money to return to their lines and for petty expenses en route.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANOf the numerous petty divinities which watched over the child's early years we have already given some account.
THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT ROMECYRIL BAILEYWORDS RELATED TO PETTY
- acquisitive
- avaricious
- chary
- cheap
- chintzy
- churlish
- close
- close-fisted
- costive
- covetous
- curmudgeonly
- economical
- extortionate
- frugal
- grasping
- greedy
- grudging
- ignoble
- illiberal
- ironfisted
- mean
- miserly
- narrow
- near
- parsimonious
- pennywise
- penurious
- petty
- pinchpenny
- rapacious
- saving
- scrimping
- scurvy
- selfish
- skimping
- sordid
- sparing
- thrifty
- tightfisted
- uncharitable
- ungenerous
- ungiving
- atomic
- beside the point
- commonplace
- diminutive
- evanescent
- everyday
- flimsy
- frivolous
- immaterial
- inappreciable
- incidental
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- insignificant
- irrelevant
- little
- meager
- mean
- meaningless
- microscopic
- minor
- minute
- momentary
- negligible
- nonessential
- nugatory
- of no account
- paltry
- petty
- piddling
- puny
- scanty
- skin-deep
- slight
- small
- superficial
- trifling
- trite
- unimportant
- valueless
- vanishing
- worthless
- arbitrary
- bad
- base
- biased
- bigoted
- blameworthy
- cheating
- criminal
- crooked
- cruel
- culpable
- discreditable
- discriminatory
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- foul
- grievous
- illegal
- immoral
- improper
- inequitable
- inexcusable
- iniquitous
- injurious
- low
- mean
- one-sided
- partial
- partisan
- petty
- shameful
- shameless
- uncalled-for
- undue
- unethical
- unjust
- unjustifiable
- unlawful
- unprincipled
- unreasonable
- unrightful
- unscrupulous
- unsporting
- unwarranted
- vicious
- vile
- wicked
- wrong
- beside the point
- casual
- frivolous
- frothy
- immaterial
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- indifferent
- insignificant
- irrelevant
- little
- low-ranking
- meaningless
- minor
- minute
- negligible
- nonessential
- nothing
- nugatory
- null
- of no account
- of no consequence
- paltry
- petty
- picayune
- second-rate
- shoestring
- slight
- trifling
- trivial
- unnecessary
- useless
- worthless
- zero
- zilch
- zip
- arrant
- base
- casuistic
- conscienceless
- corrupt
- crafty
- crooked
- deceitful
- degraded
- degrading
- disgraceful
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- down and dirty
- exploitative
- illegal
- improper
- low-down
- mercenary
- perfidious
- petty
- questionable
- recreant
- ruthless
- scandalous
- scheming
- self-seeking
- selfish
- shady
- shameless
- shifty
- sinister
- slippery
- sly
- two-faced
- unconscientious
- unconscionable
- underhand
- underhanded
- unethical
- unfair
- unprincipled
- unworthy
- venal
- wicked
- wrongful
- abortive
- barren
- bootless
- delusive
- delusory
- empty
- frivolous
- fruitless
- going nowhere
- hollow
- idle
- in vicious circle
- inefficacious
- insignificant
- misleading
- no-win
- not a prayer
- nugatory
- on a treadmill
- otiose
- paltry
- petty
- pointless
- profitless
- puny
- senseless
- shuck
- slight
- sterile
- time-wasting
- trifling
- trivial
- unavailing
- unimportant
- unnotable
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- valueless
- void
- worthless
- agile
- airy
- atmospheric
- buoyant
- crumbly
- dainty
- delicate
- downy
- easy
- effervescent
- ethereal
- featherweight
- feathery
- filmy
- flimsy
- floatable
- floating
- fluffy
- friable
- frothy
- gossamery
- graceful
- imponderous
- inconsequential
- insubstantial
- light as a feather
- light-footed
- lightweight
- lithe
- little
- loose
- meager
- nimble
- petty
- porous
- portable
- sandy
- sheer
- slender
- slight
- small
- spongy
- sprightly
- sylphlike
- thin
- tissuelike
- trifling
- trivial
- unheavy
- unsubstantial
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