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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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