Definitions of petty

1. Pettiness.

2. Small; trifling; contemptible.

3. Pettily.

4. inferior in rank or status; " the junior faculty"; " a lowly corporal"; " petty officialdom"; " a subordinate functionary"

5. contemptibly narrow in outlook; " petty little comments"; " disgusted with their small- minded pettiness"

6. Having little worth; trifling; unimportant; as, a petty quarrel.

7. Having little worth or rank; inferior.

8. Small in amount, degree, or importance. See Petit.

9. Small in amount; inferior; little; inconsiderable; trivial.