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paltry, petty, trivial
paltry (PAWL tree) (adjective)
Trivial, meager, measly, inferior: The miser gave a paltry donation to the fund for hungry children.
The quality of the paltry language used by Ernest made it difficult for his listeners to understand what he was trying to say.
petty (PET ee) (adjective)
1. Of secondary or of little or no importance: Philip and Trudy often engaged in petty arguments that went nowhere.
2. Characterized as being narrow-minded; intolerant; limited: Bryan appeared to be a petty individual who was not interested in new music or challenging art.
2. Characterized as being narrow-minded; intolerant; limited: Bryan appeared to be a petty individual who was not interested in new music or challenging art.
trivial (TRIV ee uhl) (adjective)
Ordinary, not very important: It was a day filled with trivial activities.
Compared to the problems other countries are having, the trivial inconveniences we have are insignificant.
It seemed petty to argue about the paltry quality of the poultry when less trivial matters needed to be considered.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group P; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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“petty”
A term used in many states of the U.S. for pilferage, depending on the value of the goods stolen; in other words, a small amount of money or objects of little value: Petty larceny is a misdemeanor punishable with a specified time in a county jail instead of a state prison.
Petit larceny is an older spelling of this form of larceny and petty larceny has an advantage because its pronunciation is more obvious; however, the disadvantage is that this spelling suggests a "triviality" or of little importance.
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larcen-, latro-
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