pettifogging in English

adjective
1
placing undue emphasis on petty details.
I'm working on the broad business vision here, not pettifogging little details
verb
1
quibble about petty points.

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1. No Pettifogging: Roberts Admonishes Both Legal Teams After Late Night Outburst

2. Captious (also: casuistic, contentious, disputatious, fastidious, fussy, meticulous, nit-picking, pedantic, pettifogging, small-minded)

3. Caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders / her nagging and carping attack / thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking / a pettifogging lawyer's mind / had no patience with quibbling critics Similar:

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