"micro-cheat" meaning in English

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          "text": "There are plenty of different ways to micro-cheat on your partner. One of the prime examples is by going through someone's social media profile and liking old pictures of them – known as a \"deep like\".",
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          "text": "But while physical cheating is publicly condemned and clear-cut enough to identify, there's a \"tinier\" form of cheating that can sting just as much: micro-cheating.",
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          "ref": "2018 January 16, Lynsey Clarke, “Are you a micro-cheat, a mini-flirt or mega-loyal?”, in The Sun:",
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