pettiness

🇺🇸 /ˈpetinəs/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpetinəs/
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noun
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a quality of being overly concerned with trivial matters, often to the point of being unkind or unfair to others

The pettiness of some people never ceases to amaze me.

translation

n. a quality of being overly concerned with trivial matters, often to the point of being unkind or unfair to others

Word Forms

Plural pettinesses