Definitions
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- adjective
superlative form ofpetty : mostpetty .
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Examples
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In its fire-breathing harangues and nostril-flaring proclamations, its fans discover a confirmation of their pettiest, and most self-pitying, impulses.
Ellis Weiner: "I love John Galt!" (Atlas Shrugged: the Movie)
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He will lie about anything to score the pettiest political point.
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He recalled how the referee penalized the "good guy" for even the pettiest of infringements while the more entertaining guy i.e. the one with more punch literally and figuratively, was indulged.
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In its fire-breathing harangues and nostril-flaring proclamations, its fans discover a confirmation of their pettiest, and most self-pitying, impulses.
Ellis Weiner: "I love John Galt!" (Atlas Shrugged: the Movie)
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The pettiest thing I hate: children are little germ monsters and the snot is neverending and I hate it.
10 Things I Hate About Motherhood (And One That I Love) - Her Bad Mother
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He recalled how the referee penalized the "good guy" for even the pettiest of infringements while the more entertaining guy i.e. the one with more punch literally and figuratively, was indulged.
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In its fire-breathing harangues and nostril-flaring proclamations, its fans discover a confirmation of their pettiest, and most self-pitying, impulses.
Ellis Weiner: "I love John Galt!" (Atlas Shrugged: the Movie)
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His aggression assumed titanic proportions but was often expended on the pettiest disputes.
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In its fire-breathing harangues and nostril-flaring proclamations, its fans discover a confirmation of their pettiest, and most self-pitying, impulses.
Ellis Weiner: "I love John Galt!" (Atlas Shrugged: the Movie)
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A seminal report issued in 1972 in response to allegations of widespread department corruption described ticket-fixing as "one of the pettiest but sometimes most annoying forms of police corruption."
Ticket-Fixing Charges Are Minor Among NYPD Corruption Scandals
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