Dictionary entry

Pettier

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

(Adj[com]) petty

Definition

petty /'peti/ adj ( -ier,-iest ) ( derog ) ၁။ (က) ေသးႏုပ္ေသာ။ အေရးမပါေသာ။ အေသးအဖြဲ။ petty details/squabbles/restrictions ❍ petty crime/theft (ie the theft of articles of small value) ❍ petty criminals/thieves/offenders. (ခ) ေၾကာင္ေရခ်ဳိးေသာ။ ခ်စ္တီးေခါင္းသန္းရွာေသာ။ petty observance of the regulations. ၂။ သေဘာထားေသးေသာ။ သိမ္ဖ်င္းေသာ။ petty spite/jealousy ❍ a petty desire for revenge. pettiness n [U] ❏ petty cash n [U] အေသးသံုး။ ❏ petty officer n ( abbr PO ) ေရတပ္ တပ္ၾကပ္ႀကီး။

Examples

  1. I’m not interested in their petty squabbles.
  2. Village life is full of gossip and petty jealousies.
  3. It was a bit petty to make me apologize to everyone.
  4. A petty criminal/thief/offender
  5. Petty bureaucrats/officials