petty
/ˈpet̬·i/ adj (SELFISH)Definition
› selfish and mean, esp. because of having too much interest in small and unimportant matters: The women in the story are petty and hateful. pettiness /ˈpet̬·i·nəs/ n [U]
(Definition of petty adj (SELFISH) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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