pettifogger

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
Someone who quibbles over trivia, and raises petty, annoying objections
An unscrupulous or unethical lawyer, especially one of lesser skill
{n} a petty attorney, a petty lawyer
A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer
{i} cheater, swindler, one who defrauds; unethical lawyer whose methods have a bad reputation and are petty, shyster; person who tends to nitpick over trifles
pettifogging
{a} low, mean, little, unbecoming
pettifoggers
plural of pettifogger
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disapproval You can describe an action or situation as pettifogging when you think that unnecessary attention is being paid to unimportant, boring details. pettifogging bureaucratic interference. too concerned with small details
pettifogging
quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics"
pettifogging
Paltry; quibbling; mean
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Pettifoggery
pettifogging
present participle of pettifog
pettifogging
{s} petty, trivial; cheating, swindling
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