Hyphenation of pettiness

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word pettiness? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pet-ti-ness

Definitions of pettiness:

1.	Narrowness of mind or ideas or views
2.	The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
3.	Lack of generosity in trifling matters

Synonyms of pettiness:

noun	narrow-mindedness, narrowness
noun	triviality, slightness, unimportance
noun	meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness

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