āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
Quibble
01
āĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋ, āϤā§āĻā§āĻ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞā§āĻāύāĻž
a trivial objection or criticism raised over an inconsequential detail
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She had a quibble about the meeting time, even though everyone else found it convenient.
āϏāĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āύā§āϝ āϏāĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāĻāύāĻ āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻāϤāϰā§āĻ, āĻāϞ
an instance of using precise phrasing in a contract, rule, or law to bypass its spirit or purpose
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A classic courtroom drama hinges on a quibble over whether a signature must be ink or electronic.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āϰā§āĻāϰā§āĻŽ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻļ āĻāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻāϰ āĻāϰ⧠āϝ⧠āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āώāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāϞā§āĻāĻā§āϰāύāĻŋāĻ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
to quibble
01
āϤā§āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϤāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧā§ āĻ āĻāĻŋāϝā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to argue over unimportant things or to complain about them
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They spent hours quibbling over the wording of the contract, delaying its completion.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻā§āύ āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻā§, āϝāĻž āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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