pettiness

1 narrowness of mind or ideas or views

2 the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous [syn: triviality, slightness]

3 lack of generosity in trifling matters

English

Noun

1. The quality of being petty.

   The pettiness of the accounting department asking me to save a receipt from a fast-food restaurant was absurd.

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