splitting hair

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Definition of splitting hair in English English dictionary

hair-splitting
the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people

Dick's Tribune poked endless fun at the hair-splitting sectarianism of the various Trotskyist groups jostling on the fringes of the Labour party at that time.

hair splitting
make very fine distinctions
hair-splitting
when people pay too much attention to small differences and unimportant details, especially in an argument split hairs split (8)
splitting hair

    Hyphenation

    split·ting hair

    Turkish pronunciation

    splîtîng her

    Pronunciation

    /ˈsplətəɴɢ ˈher/ /ˈsplɪtɪŋ ˈhɛr/
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