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   pettifog

   /ˈpɛtɪfɒɡ/

   verb

   • 1. quibble about petty points: archaic "they pettifogged on detail and fretted about moral hazard"
   • ▪ practise legal deception or trickery: archaic "he will rather pettifog and turn common barrator than be out of employment"

   Word Origin early 17th century: back-formation from pettifogger.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pettifoggery noun

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   Synonyms for PETTIFOGGING: slight, petty, tiny, minute, trifling, hairsplitting, trivial, little; Antonyms of PETTIFOGGING: serious, substantial, weighty, outstanding, remarkable, conspicuous, momentous, prominent.

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   /ˌpɛdiˈfɔg/ IPA guide. Other forms: pettifogging; pettifogged; pettifogs. To pettifog is to argue over small, unimportant issues. If you and your brother pettifog over who gets to sit in the front seat when your mom offers a ride to school, you may both end up taking the bus instead.

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   • The following are synonyms for pettifog: quibble, argue, dispute, cavil, carp, equivocate, evade, fence, flip-flop, hassle, niggle, nitpick, pretend, prevaricate, shift, spar, squabble, waffle, wrangle, blow hot and cold, catch at straws, have at it, hem and haw, hypercriticize, make a big thing about, nit-pick, paralogize.

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   • Define pettifogging. pettifogging synonyms, pettifogging pronunciation, pettifogging translation, English dictionary definition of pettifogging. adj 1. petty: pettifogging details. 2. mean; quibbling: pettifogging lawyers. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 ©...

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   • To use the word pettifog in a sentence, the popular understanding is to 'criticize' or 'pettifog' - that is, to find fault.

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   • Antonyms for PETTIFOGGING: serious, substantial, weighty, eventful, momentous, pivotal, conspicuous, noteworthy. Pettifogging: worrying too much about details that are minor or not important. Synonyms for PETTIFOGGING: hairsplitting, nitpicking, quibbling, chicken, de minimis, footling, inconsequential, inconsiderable.

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