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Synonyms for pettiness
pet·ti·ness
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Princeton's WordNet
pettinessnoun
narrowness of mind or ideas or views
Synonyms:
slightness, puniness, littleness, triviality, smallnesspettiness, triviality, slightness, puninessnoun
the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
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technicality, triviality, littleness, small beer, slenderness, slightness, puniness, smallness, delicacy, stuntedness, slimness, runtiness, trivia, triflepettiness, littleness, smallnessnoun
lack of generosity in trifling matters
Synonyms:
slightness, puniness, littleness, triviality, smallness
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#7290 | trivia | |
#43200 | delicacy | |
#48580 | trifle | |
#75763 | technicality | |
#94458 | smallness | |
#99321 | meanness | |
#137952 | triviality | |
#146490 | pettiness | |
#244487 | littleness | |
#262338 | slenderness |
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This is a high and holy calling. It is not something to take lightly. It is a sacred trust in which pettiness or grandstanding should have no part, in some respects, the Senate today is but a mere shadow of its former self, another casualty of the permanent political campaign.
The end of Democrats’ unified government in D.C. is mired in partisan pettiness. Instead of working to combat the inhumane Biden border crisis, fentanyl killing an entire generation of Americans, or securing economic prosperity for the future, Democrats are set to stonewall Republicans, release a private citizen’s tax returns, and blow an even bigger hole in our debt and deficit, really tells the American people all they need to know about Democrat priorities — cheap political points that do nothing to better the lives of working-class Americans.
It’s disappointing that Senator Schumer and Leader Pelosi are refusing to come to the table and discuss urgent issues, the president’s invitation to the Democrat leaders still stands and he encourages them to put aside their pettiness, stop the political grandstanding, show up and get to work. These issues are too important.
My view on all this is like, you’ve got people’s lives at stake, you’ve got their property at stake, and we don’t have time for pettiness, we got to work together to make sure we’re doing the best job for them, so my phone line is open.
Mean pettiness has overtaken our politics. Today we seem to be at each other's throat. Sometimes it seems like we can't govern ourselves. We can talk to one another -- if you notice, I get criticized for saying anything nice about a Republican, folks, this isn't who we are, this isn't how we got here. We have to remember what it is that makes this nation so special.
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