pettifogging
/pet-ee-fog-ing, -faw-ging/US // ˈpɛt iˌfɒg ɪŋ, -ˌfɔ gɪŋ //UK // (ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡɪŋ) //
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : insignificant; petty: pettifogging details.
- : dishonest or unethical in insignificant matters; meanly petty.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
He is only a pettifogging country Squire, whose views on the Land Question are ob-solete in tot-to.
Dare not say it is, or I will, upon the spot, divorce your pettifogging soul from your carrion carcass!
By conforming to the Laws of this Universe; instead of trying by pettifogging to evade and profitably contradict them.
I think you're nothing but a pettifogging lawyer—that there ain't no partner, and I'm no better'n a fool to talk to you.
The pettifogging objections to some social plan had very little chance of survival owing to the dynamic power of the reformers.
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