Hyphenation of Petty

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Petty? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

Pet-ty

Definitions of Petty:

1.	Larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
2.	Inferior in rank or status The junior faculty A lowly corporal Petty officialdom A subordinate functionary
3.	(informal) small and of little importance 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
4.	But it seems to be a picayune infraction
5.	Contemptibly narrow in outlook Petty little comments Disgusted with their small-minded pettiness

Synonyms of Petty:

adj	junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, secondary, subaltern, subordinate, junior
adj	fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, picayune, trivial, unimportant
adj	small-minded, narrow-minded, narrow

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Hyphenator

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