pettifogging
Example Sentences
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Experts were doubtful from the start of his pettifogging that he had reasonable grounds to bail out.
From Los Angeles Times
The Economist described his viewpoint succinctly: “He paints stewards of fair play — regulators and boards — as pettifogging enemies of progress,” wrote its pseudonymous business columnist “Schumpeter.”
From Los Angeles Times
The virtue of this concept is that it divorces essential protections from pettifogging debates over the definition of “employee.”
From Los Angeles Times
Mr. Johnson’s allies accuse the European Union of inflexibility in applying rules, a pettifogging lack of sensitivity to feelings in parts of Northern Ireland and vengeful hostility toward Britain for exiting the bloc.
From New York Times
But the vast majority of our elected representatives overruled the pettifogging legalisms of Kennedy and the others.
From Washington Times
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