hairsplitter

English - Turkish

Definition of hairsplitter in English Turkish dictionary: kılı kırk yaran kimse; (isim) kılı kırk yaran kimse
hairsplitting: kılı kırk yaran
hairsplitting: (isim) kılı kırk yarma
hairsplitting: kili kirk yaran
hairsplitting: {i} kılı kırk yarma

English - English

Definition of hairsplitter in English English dictionary: A person who makes extremely, possibly excessively, fine distinctions (who would separate something as fine as a hair into two pieces and distinguish them); {i} petty person, one who argues over unimportant details; One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles; a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions
hairsplitting: The act of considering or arguing about fine details, or worrying about minutiae
hairsplitters: plural of hairsplitter
hairsplitting: making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously"
hairsplitting: making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously
hairsplitting: The act or practice of making trivial distinctions
hairsplitting: developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun distinctions"
hairsplitting: {i} making unnecessarily fine distinctions in reasoning; quibbling
hairsplitting: Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle

hairsplitter

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hair·split·ter

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