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Pettifoggery N Act Quarreling Raising Objections Petty Details

Word pettifoggery
Definition n. The act of quarreling or raising objections about petty details.
Sentence With all due respect, that is pettifoggery.
Source The Atlantic

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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