What does in-fighting mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. in-fightingnoun

    conflict between members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders)

  2. in-fightingnoun

    boxing at close quarters

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  1. in-fighting

    In-fighting refers to conflict, disagreement, or competition between individuals within the same group, organization, or institution. This can often involve personal disputes, power struggles, or disagreements over goals, strategies, or policies. It is generally seen as harmful to the unity and productivity of the group involved.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of in-fighting in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of in-fighting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of in-fighting in a Sentence

  1. Donald Trump:

    Some of the roughest people you've ever seen, people that look like they should be fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial, they read a little page given by lawyers that are all over the place -- you know lawyers, they tell them what to say. You look at this guy, you say, wow,' that's a tough cookie.'.

  2. Symone Sanders:

    People are not fighting every day, there's not consternation among aides. That is not true. ... I hear that there are critics. Those who talk often do not know and those who know usually are not the ones talking.

  3. Norman Powell:

    I think guys are fighting and competing hard, whether there’s mistakes or not. We’re trying to be aggressive. We’re trying to figure it out, and we’re going to continue do that and play the right way, and live with the results.

  4. Samantha Losey:

    There's a good 25 % chance that we won't get to keep it, but the team so far are fighting incredibly hard for it.

  5. Thomas Hobbes:

    War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.

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