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pettiness

noun C2
  1. The quality of being petty. (countable, uncountable) · The pettiness of the accounting department asking me to save a receipt from a fast-food restaurant was absurd.
  2. A petty behaviour, attitude, etc. (countable, uncountable)

Plural pettinesses

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