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not broad or open in views or opinions
- a petty little town that was not ethnically diverse and very happy about the situation
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- dogmatic
- (also dogmatical),
- opinionated,
- opinionative
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2
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
- obsessed over even petty problems
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“Petty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petty. Accessed 5 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of petty was in the 14th century
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