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petty

Aussprache: [ˈpɛti]

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So verwendest du petty in einem Satz: 2 Bedeutungen und 6 Beispiele mit Audio.

Kontext: „character traits“

(adjective) when someone focuses on small, unimportant things rather than bigger, more significant issues. If a person gets upset over little mistakes instead of thinking about important things, they are being petty.

Beispiel

She chose to let go of the small issues because she didn’t want to be petty.

Beispiel

He was being petty by complaining about how his friend cooked the meal instead of enjoying the time together.

Beispiel

Why are you being so petty about the way I organized my desk?

Kontext: „amount or worth“

(adjective) when something has little value or importance. It can mean that the amount of money or the size of something is not significant.

Beispiel

He only had to pay a petty fine for the traffic violation.

Beispiel

The petty amount was not worth the time it took to complain about it.

Beispiel

Is it worth getting upset over a petty amount of money?

Wie man petty ausspricht

Aussprache: [ˈpɛti]

Höre zu und wiederhole so oft du willst.

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