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Are such officers trifling? (5)

Ross

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petty

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'trifling?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for petty that I've seen before include "Trivial - small-minded" , "Small-time" , "Marked by narrowness of mind" , "Trivial, piffling" , "This cash is of a trivial amount" .)

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