adjective
- most concerned with trivial or unimportant matters; most small-minded
- most mean-spirited or spiteful in small ways
Usage: superlative form of petty
Usage: superlative form of petty
Examples
- She made the pettiest complaint about the font size being too small.
- His pettiest habit was correcting people’s grammar in casual conversation.
- The pettiest argument broke out over who should wash the dishes.
- That was the pettiest revenge I’ve ever seen someone take.
- The manager’s pettiest rule was requiring employees to ask permission for bathroom breaks.
- Even her pettiest concerns seemed to dominate every meeting.