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Thread #99746   Message #2089722
Posted By: GUEST,dianavan
29-Jun-07 - 01:41 AM
Thread Name: BS: Poverty in the USA
Subject: RE: BS: Poverty in the USA
pet·ty      

1. of little or no importance or consequence: petty grievances.
2. of lesser or secondary importance, merit, etc.; minor: petty considerations.
3. having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc.: petty minds.
4. mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things: a petty person.
5. showing or caused by meanness of spirit: a petty revenge.
6. of secondary rank, esp. in relation to others of the same class or kind: petty states; a petty tyrant.