1. petit larceny, petty, petty larceny

larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

Synonyms

• petit larceny
• petty larceny

2. junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern

inferior in rank or status

Example Sentences:
'the junior faculty'
'a lowly corporal'
'petty officialdom'
'a subordinate functionary'

Synonyms

• junior-grade
• lower-ranking
• lowly
• secondary
• subaltern

3. fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial

(informal) small and of little importance

Example Sentences:
'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'

Synonyms

• fiddling
• footling
• lilliputian
• little
• niggling
• picayune
• piddling
• piffling
• trivial

4. petty, small-minded

contemptibly narrow in outlook

Example Sentences:
'petty little comments'
'disgusted with their small-minded pettiness'

Synonyms

• small-minded

Similar Words

• narrow
• narrow-minded