"pettiness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pettinesses [plural]
Etymology: From petty + -ness. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|petty|-ness}} petty + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pettiness (countable and uncountable, plural pettinesses)
  1. The quality of being petty. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pettiness-en-noun-hKCVeg29
  2. A petty behaviour, attitude, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pettiness-en-noun-z08AWiTE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): Kleinlichkeit [feminine] (German), Kleinkariertheit [feminine] (German), μικρότητα (mikrótita) [feminine] (Greek)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 45 55

Inflected forms

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