noun
- Contemptible unimportance: inconsiderableness, negligibility, negligibleness, paltriness, smallness, triviality, trivialness. See important/unimportant.
pettiness
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The noun has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
narrowness of mind or ideas or views
Meaning #2:
the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
Synonyms: triviality, slightness
Meaning #3:
lack of generosity in trifling matters
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