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

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āĻ…āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āφāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧋āϟāĻ–āĻžāĻŸā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make objections, often over small details without a good reason
Intransitive: to cavil at sth | to cavil about sth
to cavil definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Some coworkers tend to cavil about office temperatures, finding fault with the thermostat setting.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āφāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āϤ⧋āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤāĻž āϰāĻžāϖ⧇, āĻĨāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‹āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāϟ āϏ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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a minor complaint raised over something of little importance

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She had a cavil about the font on the flyer, even though the event details were perfect.
āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĢāĻ¨ā§āϟ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ cavil āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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