pettifoggingadjective
uk/ˈpet.ɪˌfɒɡ.ɪŋ/us/ˈpet̬.ɪˌfɑː.ɡɪŋ/old-fashioned disapprovingPettifogging people give too much attention to small unimportant details in a way that shows a limited mind:
pettifogging lawyers
Pettifogging rules or details are too small and not important enough to give attention to.
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Of little or less importance
- be in/under sb's shadow idiom
- be neither here nor there idiom
- be no big deal idiom
- biggie
- derisory
- fringe
- inferior
- merely
- minor
- miss
- mouldy
- need
- peripheral
- petty
- rinky-dink
- sideshow
- small-time
- stay
- stay on the sidelines idiom
- subordinate
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