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Meanings of
pettiness
in English
Catalan
futilitat
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The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous.
triviality
slightness
puniness
Catalan
futilitat
Lack of generosity in trifling matters.
smallness
littleness
Usage of
pettiness
in English
1
Voters were mystified by the
pettiness
,
and the Liberals saw their chance.
2
The horrible
pettiness
of it all, constituted the maddening sting of it.
3
Nothing but our own pinchbeck ideas could ascribe to Him this
pettiness
.
4
It is not the
pettiness
,
but the particularity, that makes them unpicturesque.
5
There is freedom to be achieved from the
pettiness
of our lives.
6
There was no place for
pettiness
in the midst of such .
7
I blushed for this
pettiness
amid grandeur, and penuriousness surrounded by luxury.
8
Donna Lee feels depressed, realizing that everywhere she is surrounded by
pettiness
.
9
A little while, and she would be hating herself for her
pettiness
.
10
Her lot was lowly, mean, obscure, and filled with drudgery and
pettiness
.
11
Has not the pressure of society cramped them into
pettiness
and crookedness?
12
That night-thethought of my
pettiness
-
my
foolish
,
selfish fears.-Oh , Iwaswrong!
13
This is where all the
pettiness
of his character works for the good.
14
His search after truth has destroyed in him all
pettiness
of personal ambition.
15
It's time this
pettiness
is put aside and we move forward.
16
All of her greed and
pettiness
was right on the surface.
Other examples for "pettiness"
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About this term
pettiness
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
such pettiness
own pettiness
childish pettiness
hopeless pettiness
rise above pettiness
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Translations for
pettiness
Catalan
futilitat
fotesa
bagatel·la
trivialitat
Pettiness
through the time
Pettiness
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common