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hair-splittingnoun
the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people.
Etymology: * From the gerund form of split hairs
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hair-splitting in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hair-splitting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of hair-splitting in a Sentence
Vladimir Putin will embrace the idea that we might self-deter every time he issues a press release. And lawyerly hair-splitting about providing this kind of weaponry is not escalatory but providing that kind of weaponry is escalatory – I don't think we really believe that, i think the administration is pushing the intelligence community to give them cover for lean forward decisions they don't want to be making.
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