pettiness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun narrowness of mind or ideas or views
  2. noun the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
    puniness; slightness; triviality.
  3. noun lack of generosity in trifling matters
    smallness; littleness.

WordNet


Pet"ti*ness noun
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness; meanness.

Webster 1913