Meaning of pettifoggery | Babel Free
ˈpɛti.fɒɡ.ə.ɹiDefinitions
The actions of a pettifogger; a trivial quarrel.
Examples
“He was capable of using lawyerly rhetoric, at times, to the brink of pettifoggery.”
“Yet even Harlan was to prove⟳ capable of grievous pettifoggery on the racial issue⟳.”
“[Frankfurter's reasoning in Beauharnais v. Illinois] struck Black and the other three Roosevelt appointees who joined his dissent as noxious pettifoggery[.]”
“The idea that a minor bureaucratic restructuring could have⟳ made any difference in the time of Trump reflected how immune bureaucratic pettifoggery is to reality.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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