hairsplitting

hairsplitting is a 13-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

13 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle.
2. noun. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions.
3. noun. making too fine distinctions of little importance

   "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously"

4. adjective. developed in excessively fine detail

   "finespun distinctions"

   Synonyms: finespun

Synonyms

finespun

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