petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
cowardly
A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.
(A) petty and contemptible thing(s).
coward
Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.
Made of pinchbeck.
An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.