pettymindedness
The word 'petty-mindedness' is divided into five syllables: pet-ty-mind-ed-ness. Primary stress falls on 'pet', and secondary stress on 'mind'. The word is morphologically complex, consisting of the prefix 'petty', root 'mind', and suffixes '-ed' and '-ness'. Syllabification follows standard English rules of onset-rime division and morpheme boundaries.
Definitions
- 1
The quality of being narrow-minded, small-thinking, or unforgiving.
“His petty-mindedness prevented him from forgiving the slight.”
“She couldn't believe his petty-minded behavior.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the first syllable ('pet'). Secondary stress falls on the third syllable ('mind'). Remaining syllables are unstressed.
Syllables
pet — Open syllable, primary stress.. ty — Closed syllable, unstressed.. mind — Open syllable, secondary stress.. ed — Closed syllable, unstressed.. ness — Closed syllable, unstressed.
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Morpheme Boundary
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- Potential for elision or reduction in rapid speech, particularly with the 'ty' syllable, but standard syllabification separates it.
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