pettiness (n.)

  1. narrowness of mind or ideas or views

  2. the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous

    [ Syn: triviality , slightness , puniness ]

  3. lack of generosity in trifling matters

    [ Syn: littleness , smallness ]

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