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- adjectivepettifogging (adjective)
- placing undue emphasis on petty details:"pettifogging attorneys were the bane of civil society" · "his pettifogging management style" · "I'm working on the broad business vision here, not pettifogging little details"
Originlate 16th century: from pettifogger + -ing.verbpettifogging (present participle)- quibble about petty points:"they pettifogged on detail and fretted about moral hazard"
- practice legal deception or trickery:"he will rather pettifog and turn common barrator than be out of employment"
Originearly 17th century: back-formation from pettifogger.Similar and Opposite Wordsadjectiveverb
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- Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.pettifogging adjective old-fashioned disapproving uk / ˈpet.ɪˌfɒɡ.ɪŋ / us / ˈpet̬.ɪˌfɑː.ɡɪŋ / Add to word list Pettifogging people give too much attention to small unimportant details in a way that shows a limited mind:dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pettifog…pettifogged; pettifogged; pettifogging; pettifogs intransitive verb 1 : to engage in legal chicanery 2 : to quibble over insignificant details : cavil, bicker transitive verb : to plead (as a case) with legal chicanerywww.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pettifogpettifogging adjective /ˈpetɪfɒɡɪŋ/ /ˈpetɪfɔːɡɪŋ/ [only before noun] (old-fashioned, disapproving) paying too much attention to unimportant details; connected with unimportant things synonym pettywww.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/e…
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