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Synonyms for hairsplitting


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hair-split-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛərˌsplɪt ɪŋ



Définition of hairsplitting

  • noun nitpicking
Example sentences :
  • Of what practical use then, it may be asked, is all this hairsplitting?
  • Extract from : « Some Principles of Maritime Strategy » by Julian Stafford Corbett
  • Hairsplitting terms like this I do not often employ, but, blessings on the head of Cadmus!
  • Extract from : « Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium » by Jessie H. Bancroft
  • The mass of the party, he said, did not trouble their heads about theories, but plodded along unmindful of hairsplitting.
  • Extract from : « Socialism and Democracy in Europe » by Samuel P. Orth
  • It was fine legal reasoning, not without some of that hairsplitting for which Jefferson reproached Randolph.
  • Extract from : « Thomas Jefferson » by Gilbert Chinard

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