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Definition of pettiness : The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness; meanness.

Synonyms:

small beer, trivia, triviality, puniness, technicality, trivialness, inconsiderableness, runtiness, littleness, slightness, paltriness, slenderness, smallness, delicacy, slimness, negligibility, important, negligibleness, trifle, stuntedness

causticity, irascibility, spitefulness, petulance, tartness, cantankerousness, bellicosity, crustiness, sourness, acerbity, surliness, crabbedness, huffiness, churlishness, acrimony, irritability, bitchiness, prickliness, crossness, bitterness, crankiness, touchiness, bearishness, acidity, peevishness

meagerness, parsimony, abstemiousness, tightness, miserliness, frugality, austerity, thrift, meanness, stinginess

Usage examples:

• Such pettiness was unworthy of the great captain who could design and carry through the memorable campaign of Marengo. - "The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)", John Holland Rose.
• By showing the pettiness of his attitude toward the heathen the author sought to broaden the vision and quicken the conscience of his fellow- Jews. - "The Makers and Teachers of Judaism", Charles Foster Kent.
• She had never been conscious of such vastness, she was abashed by it, she was exalted by it, she knew a moment of acute shame for the pettiness of her personal grievances. - "The Bent Twig", Dorothy Canfield.