petty

/ˈpeti/ adjective

Translation

UNIMPORTANT [always before noun] › unimportant or not serious

önemsiz, ehemmiyetsiz, küçük, ufak; incir çekirdeğini doldurmayan

petty details petty crime 1772

COMPLAINING [never before noun] › complaining too much about unimportant things

pireyi deve yapan, küçük şeyleri sorun hâline getiren

You can be so petty sometimes!1169

(Definition of petty adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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