pettifog

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To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick

Don't pettifog or we will soon grow weary.

To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim
To quibble of trivial matters; nitpick
{f} cheat, deceive; swindle, defraud
argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way
pettifogging
{a} low, mean, little, unbecoming
pettifogging
disapproval You can describe an action or situation as pettifogging when you think that unnecessary attention is being paid to unimportant, boring details. pettifogging bureaucratic interference. too concerned with small details
pettifogging
quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics"
pettifogging
Paltry; quibbling; mean
pettifogging
Pettifoggery
pettifogging
present participle of pettifog
pettifogging
{s} petty, trivial; cheating, swindling
pettifogs
third-person singular of pettifog
pettifog
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