Definition of petty
(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"