hair-splitting

Noun

Meaning

hair-splitting (countable and uncountable, plural hair-splittings)

(idiomatic) the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people.

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Alternative names

hair splitting

Synonyms

finicky captious niggling sophistical overnice persnickety quibbling carping hairsplitting cavilling faultfinding pettifogging fault-finding overscrupulous chop-logic

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Close letter words and terms

hair-slide hair-splitter hair-splittery hair-splittingly hair-tailed mole hair-tidy