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  1. hairsplitting:
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Detailed Translations for hair-splitting from English to Dutch

hairsplitting:

hairsplitting [the ~] nomen

  1. the hairsplitting (acting difficult; quibbling)
  2. the hairsplitting (niggling; nitpicking)
    muggezifterij; de haarkloverij
  3. the hairsplitting (nitpicking)
  4. the hairsplitting (quibbling over words)

Translation Matrix for hairsplitting:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
haarkloverij hairsplitting; niggling; nitpicking arguing; pettifoggery; quibble; quibbling; splitting hairs
moeilijk doen acting difficult; hairsplitting; quibbling
muggenzifterij hairsplitting; nitpicking
muggezifterij hairsplitting; niggling; nitpicking
woordenzifterij hairsplitting; quibbling over words
- word-splitting
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- finespun

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Related Definitions for "hairsplitting":

  1. developed in excessively fine detail1
  2. making too fine distinctions of little importance1
    • they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously1


Wiktionary Translations for hair-splitting:


Cross Translation:
FromToVia
hair-splitting haarkloverij; muggenzifterij; mierenneukerij Haarspaltereiübertriebene Kleinlichkeit
hair-splitting mierenneukerij enculage de mouches — (vulgaire) (figuré) péjoratif|fr arguties pour des vétilles, argumentation oiseuse, absconse et parfois pédante, sur des détails.

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