What is the meaning of petty?

noun

• Larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale.
  • synonyms: petit larceny, petty larceny

adjective

• Inferior in rank or status.
  • usage: "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
  • synonyms: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, secondary, subaltern
• Informal) small and of little importance. (
  • usage: "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
  • synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, picayune, trivial
• Contemptibly narrow in outlook.
  • usage: "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"
  • synonyms: small-minded