pettiest

Variant of petty

adjective pettier, pettiest

  1. relatively worthless or unimportant; trivial; insignificant
  2. small-scale; minor
    1. having or showing a tendency to make much of small matters
    2. small-minded; mean, narrow, ungenerous, etc.
  3. relatively low in rank; subordinate

Origin: ME pety < OFr petit < *pit-, little < baby talk

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