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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) Ellis Weiner 2011
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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.
Carol Smaldino: An Exercise for the Practice of Freedom Carol Smaldino 2011
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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) Ellis Weiner 2011
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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 2010
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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.
Carol Smaldino: An Exercise for the Practice of Freedom Carol Smaldino 2011
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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) Ellis Weiner 2011
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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) Ellis Weiner 2011
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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 Tamer El-Ghobashy 2011
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