petty

IPA: pˈɛti

(dialectal, euphemistic, informal) An outbuilding used as a lavatory; an outhouse, a privy.
(historical) A class or school for young schoolboys.
(obsolete, chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) A little schoolboy, either in grade or size.
A surname.

(often derogatory)
Having little or no importance.
Of persons or their behaviour: marked by or reflective of undesirably limited interests, sympathies, or views; begrudging, selfish, small-minded; also, preoccupied with subjects having little or no importance and not mindful of broader concerns.
(informal) Inclined to cause frustration or annoyance to others out of spite over minor grievances; extremely vindictive.
(historical) Of or relating to the lowest grade or level of school; junior, primary.
(obsolete except in set phrases)
Little or small in size.
Secondary in importance or rank; minor, subordinate.

Examples of "petty" in Sentences

Police are security services and should not engage in petty politicking and certainly shouldn't be so easily offended.
HENRY: The clarification came after Maliki lashed out at what he called petty politics from the American administration.
Which of us, in fact, has the force of character to be superior to petty vanity, to _petty fine feelings_, sympathy and self-reproach? ...
Baqwa said every individual was capable of casting aside what he called petty differences and to help rid the country of lawlessness and violence.
I agree that the crashers should have been charged had they been caught in fraganti but it would be very petty from the service to charge them now after no harm was done.
Only a disgusting selfish inhuman being with total lack of compassion or sense of right and wrong would use the Haiti earthquake in petty political attacks against President Obama
As Democratic presidential frontrunners Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton got personal in last night's debate, John Edwards said he tried to stay away from what he called petty bickering.
SHEINDLIN: Yes oh, yes, child is bitten by a dog, the child -- sometimes children get involved in -- what I call petty crime vandalism, and the neighbor will sue the parents to replace the property that the children destroyed.