ADJECTIVE: "characterized by petty selfishness or malice" Crossword Clue

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ADJECTIVE: "characterized by petty selfishness or malice" Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
2. marked by poverty befitting a beggar
(verb)
1. intend to refer to
2. denote or connote
(noun)
1. an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ADJECTIVE (adjective)
1. of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
2. relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
ADJECTIVE (noun)
1. a word that expresses an attribute of something
2. the word class that qualifies nouns
SELFISHNESS (noun)
1. stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others

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