quibble
qui
ˈkwÉĒ
kvi
bble
bəl
bēl
/kwˈÉĒbə‍l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "quibble"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϛ⧋āϟāĻ–āĻžāĻŸā§‹ āφāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ, āϤ⧁āĻšā§āĻ› āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž

a trivial objection or criticism raised over an inconsequential detail
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She had a quibble about the meeting time, even though everyone else found it convenient.
āϏāĻ­āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟāĻ–āĻžāĻŸā§‹ āφāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϜāύāĻ• āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϕ⧂āϟāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•, āĻ›āϞ

an instance of using precise phrasing in a contract, rule, or law to bypass its spirit or purpose
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A classic courtroom drama hinges on a quibble over whether a signature must be ink or electronic.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āϟāϰ⧁āĻŽ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻ—ā§€āĻļ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϞāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āχāϞ⧇āĻ•āĻŸā§āϰāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āϤ⧁āĻšā§āĻ› āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧋āϟāĻ–āĻžāĻŸā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to argue over unimportant things or to complain about them
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They spent hours quibbling over the wording of the contract, delaying its completion.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϚ⧟āύ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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