hairsplitting

hairsplitting has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 13.

Definitions

• a.. Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle.
• n.. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions.
• n.. making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously"
• a.. developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun distinctions"