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noun

quibble

an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

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Six example sentences with quibble, each labelled with its topic.

  • The defense spent an hour on a quibble about the font size of the notice instead of the contract itself.

    Law

  • Every balance patch draws the same quibble about frame data while the actual complaint, matchmaking, goes unmentioned.

    Gaming

  • Answering a serious challenge with a quibble over the meaning of one adverb persuades nobody in the seminar.

    Philosophy

  • Asked about the missing funds, the minister offered a quibble about the definition of a grant and sat down.

    Politics

  • The rebuttal was a quibble over rounding in one table, and it never addressed why the effect vanished on replication.

    Science

  • When the client asked why the project was late, the manager answered with a quibble about what late meant.

    Business

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