Synonyms
petty: small-minded · petit larceny · petty larceny
English-French translation for "petty"
"petty" French translation
petty {adjective}
The major commercial activity in all of the areas was petty trading.
4.3.2 Women have traditionally engaged in low-income activities such as petty trading.
Women also formed a greater part of the population involved in small-scale enterprises and petty trade.
21.10.1 Most rural women are self-employed either in agricultural activity or petty trading.
Women more commonly engaged in petty trade/ small scale business, begging, and sales of prepared food.” (19)
petty {adj.} (also: negligible, niggling, potty, insignificant)
A Burmese newspaper has written of Mr Nicols that he was a petty scoundrel who received his well-deserved fate, because he was a glutton...
I find this somewhat petty-minded, quite apart from the fact that it gives us a bad image.
In this House also we are angry and dismayed at the petty vindictiveness of the United States.
The federal government was petty and dishonest in the way it went about changing the formula.
Mr. Speaker, there was nothing petty in what I said.
We have not tried to play party politics or national politics and petty games of that sort on this side of the House.
Synonyms
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Usage examples
Usage examples for "petty" in French
Similar words
petroleum · petrous · pets · petticoat · pettifogger · pettifoggery · pettifogging · pettily · pettiness · pettish · petty · petulance · petulant · petulantly · petunia · Peugeot · pew · pewter · pfft · pH · Phaedra
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