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Petty Pronunciation

Pronounce Petty as P EH T T Y.

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    Petty phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'petty'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of petty: /pɛttj/
    • Modern IPA representation of petty: /pɛttʌ/

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    List of meaning for petty

    small and insignificant

    petit larceny, petty larceny, petty(adj)

    larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

    junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern(adj)

    inferior in rank or status

    "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"

    fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial(adj)

    (informal) small and of little importance

    "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

    petty, small-minded(adj)

    contemptibly narrow in outlook

    "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

    not broad or open in views or opinions

    a petty little town that was not ethnically diverse and very happy about the situation

    so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention

    obsessed over even petty problems

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    petty in sentence

    1. After being arrested, the teens were regretful and showed remorse for the petty crimes they committed.

    2. Though he is due back in court next month, the petty thief was allowed out of jail on a recognizance oath.

    3. Once a hoodlum, Paul has now matured and no longer takes part in petty crimes or bedside break-ins.

    4. Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ is titled as such precisely because the whole play revolves around trouble brought on because of the character’s petty concerns.

    5. With the budget deadline just around the corner, Congress does not have time to ponder petty issues.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term petty

    For us to get caught up in a controversy of well,' What did Donald Trump mean when Donald Trump said that ?' It just seems so petty to me.

    – Ben Carson

    Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries.

    – Jose Ortega y Gasset

    You guys missed but I got Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher.

    – Dalton Tolbert

    Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

    – Chuang-tzu, On Leveling All Things

    Productive dialogue and negotiated solutions, not petty legal actions, should be the goal for boards and shareholders alike.

    – Scott Stringer

    But each day brings its petty dust Our soon-chok'd souls to fill, And we forget because we must, And not because we will.

    – Matthew Arnold

    We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

    – Aesop

    I think it would be wise for the government to allocate us with new land to go on with cattle-keeping instead of doing petty trade, something I am not used to.

    – Hamza Lutuli

    We have a tragic experience in Belgium, with people entering prison as petty criminals and leaving as terrorists.

    – George Dallemagne

    They may think that they can chalk up some quick victories, but our reach is long. We do not give up. You threaten America, you will have no safe haven. We will find you and like petty tyrants and terrorists before you, the world is going to leave you behind and keep moving on without you, because we will get you.

    – President Barack Obama

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