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   hair·split·ting

   /ˈherˌsplidiNG/

   adjective

   • 1. characterized by or fond of small and overfine distinctions: "legal experts have a particularly hairsplitting mentality"

   noun

   • 1. the action of making small and overfine distinctions; quibbling.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hairsplitter noun

   Scrabble Points: 19

   • H

     4

   • A

     1

   • I

     1

   • R

     1

   • S

     1

   • P

     3

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

     2

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