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1. pettiness
noun. ['ˈpɛtiːˌnɛs'] lack of generosity in trifling matters.
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Rhymes with Pettiness
- abruptness
- absoluteness
- acuteness
- adonis
- aggressiveness
- agribusiness
- airworthiness
- alertness
- aloofness
- alumnus
- anise
- anus
- appropriateness
- arbitrariness
- assertiveness
- astuteness
- attentiveness
- attractiveness
- awareness
- awfulness
How do you pronounce pettiness?
Pronounce pettiness as ˈpɛtiˌnɛs.
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Sentences with pettiness
1. Noun, singular or mass
The price of this human pettiness is the death of the young lovers.
Quotes about pettiness
1. If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.
- Martin Heidegger
2. If I'd had enough breath, I would have screamed, both at the sensation and at the sheer pettiness of the bastard who wouldn't allow me even a tiny chance of escape.
- Karen Chance, Touch the Dark
2. pettiness
noun. ['ˈpɛtiːˌnɛs'] the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous.