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- Dictionarypettifogging/ˈpɛtɪfɒɡɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. placing undue emphasis on petty details; petty or trivial: "pettifogging attorneys were the bane of civil society"
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Pettifogging means giving too much attention to small details that are not important, or using methods that may deceive people. Learn more about this old-fashioned disapproving word and see how to use it in sentences.
- English (US)
noun [ U ] old-fashioned disapproving us / ˈpet̬.ɪˌfɑː.ɡɪŋ /...
- Znaczenie Pettifogging, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
pettifogging definicja: 1. Pettifogging people give too much...
- Petrosal
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- Petrous
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- Translate to Traditional Chinese
pettifogging translate: 吹毛求疵的，挑剔的, 瑣碎的；微不足道的，不重要的. Learn...
- Translate to Mandarin Chinese
pettifogging translate: 吹毛求疵的，挑剔的, 琐碎的；微不足道的，不重要的. Learn...
- Pronunciation in English
PETTIFOGGING pronunciation. How to say PETTIFOGGING. Listen...
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- English (US)
A pettifogger is a lawyer who uses petty, underhanded, or disreputable methods, or someone who quibbles over trifles. Learn the origin, synonyms, and examples of this word from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Pettifogging means giving too much attention to small details that are not important, or using methods that may deceive people. Learn more about this old-fashioned disapproving word and see how to use it in sentences.
You can describe an action or situation as pettifogging when you think that unnecessary attention is being paid to unimportant, boring details. [old-fashioned, disapproval] ...pettifogging bureaucratic interference. Synonyms: hairsplitting, mean, sophisticated, subtle More Synonyms of pettifogging. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Pettifogging means paying too much attention to unimportant details or being connected with unimportant things. It is an old-fashioned and disapproving adjective that can be used before a noun. See examples, pronunciation and usage notes.
Pettifogging means insignificant, petty, dishonest or meanly petty. It is often used to describe lawyers who quibble over minor details or evade the law. See the origin, usage and examples of pettifogging.
Pettifogging means petty or quibbling, especially in legal matters. Find synonyms, pronunciation, and translations of pettifogging in Spanish, French, German, and Italian.
