āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
petty
01
āĻ¤ā§āĻā§āĻ, āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĻā§āĻ°
having little significance
Disapproving
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Let 's not waste time on petty grievances and focus on the bigger picture.
āĻ¤ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻˇā§āĻ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĢā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻ, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ
having a lower rank or position
Disapproving
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The petty officer was responsible for overseeing the daily operations on the ship.
āĻĒā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĻā§āĻ°, āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ
narrow-minded and focused on trivial matters
Disapproving
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Her petty jealousy over her friend's success made her unable to appreciate the achievement.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
04
āĻ¤ā§āĻā§āĻ, āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨
relating to minor or unimportant crimes
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The city has a problem with petty criminals.
āĻļāĻšāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
pettily
pettiness
petty
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
