Get to know Pettiness better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like parsimony or meanness. In Dutch this translates to kleinzieligheid.
Pettiness in a sentence
Pettiness meaning
- The quality of being petty.
- A petty behaviour, attitude, etc.
Synonyms of Pettiness
Pettiness vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Pettiness
- The main meaning on this page is: The quality of being petty. | A petty behaviour, attitude, etc.
- Useful related words include: narrow-mindedness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, niggardness.
- Possible Dutch translations are: kleinzieligheid.
- In the example corpus, pettiness often appears in combinations such as: pettiness and, the pettiness, of pettiness.
Context around Pettiness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pettiness
- In this selection, "pettiness" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, partisanship, western, partisan, joining, aside and ecstasy stand out and add context to how "pettiness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and masterful pettiness and avoid the pettiness we ve. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pettiness" sits close to words such as aar, aarons and abdulla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pettiness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
What kind of pettiness is this. (6 words)
Leave the pettiness to the ladies. (6 words)
The time for pettiness and ego are over. (8 words)
The best way the NRM can handle or seek to gain from this could be to argue that at a time of unprecedented national danger, the President and the government put partisan pettiness aside and took drastic measures for the good of the population. (44 words)
Merlyn's sheer consistency and pettiness make him a wonderful villain that everyone loves to hate plays him with such wicked glee that it's impossible not to be entertained by him. (32 words)
I keep thinking about the extreme pettiness of the Greek gods, having to check up on Prometheus a couple times a day to make sure his liver is still getting pecked at. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
I shouldn’t be surprised given that I work in academia, a bastion of pettiness, but still … This is a strange, unfortunate situation.
Kate Garraway ridiculed Prince Harry's pettiness this morning as she expressed disbelief he used his memoir to grind axes over the size of his childhood bedroom.
Merlyn's sheer consistency and pettiness make him a wonderful villain that everyone loves to hate plays him with such wicked glee that it's impossible not to be entertained by him.
We hardly need note that partisanship, pettiness, and immaturity have not perished from our politics, only that the will to dispose of them has.
In 2012, after gold-medalist swimmer Ye Shiwen was accused of doping, China’s official media blamed it on “Western pettiness” and anti-Chinese bias.
Let us rise above division and pettiness, joining together in a spirit of reason and goodwill, to forge a nation where harmony is not a fleeting dream but a lasting reality.
These questions underscore the pettiness that has unfortunately defined this Board of Commissioners at times for far too long.
Even if Apple is right, and Epic is just acting out of entitlement and pettiness, this lawsuit could have huge ramifications for the future of mobile gaming.
Many also called out the “pettiness” of Nigerian politicians, stating that Wike had thoroughly insulted Ganduje in his statement.
The best way the NRM can handle or seek to gain from this could be to argue that at a time of unprecedented national danger, the President and the government put partisan pettiness aside and took drastic measures for the good of the population.
The members of that national cabinet should summon the very best qualities to avoid the pettiness we've seen over the past couple of weeks.
The Oscars were a hotbed of glitz, glamour, greed, pettiness, ecstasy and naked ambition – in real life and in “Hollywood,” as always.
The time for pettiness and ego are over.
What kind of pettiness is this.
I keep thinking about the extreme pettiness of the Greek gods, having to check up on Prometheus a couple times a day to make sure his liver is still getting pecked at.
Leave the pettiness to the ladies.
Take out the outrage, the pettiness and the controversies and student body interest evaporates.
After the video went viral, hundreds of Oakland residents held a huge family reunion style party in the park in a show of solidarity and masterful pettiness.
But it’s also achingly human, pointing out our foibles, cruelties, pettiness, and foolishness.
Guys…go and get a job in construction awn money and buy what ever you want, stop letting down your selves for pettiness.
Common combinations with pettiness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pettiness and 8×
- the pettiness 7×
- of pettiness 4×
- and pettiness 3×
- pettiness this 2×
- pettiness that 2×
- pettiness of 2×
- for pettiness 2×