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Characterized by or fond of small and overfine distinctions

Trivial and irritating

(of something abstract) Perceived only with attention to detail or subtlety

Excessive concern with minor details and rules

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Adjective

Characterized by or fond of small and overfine distinctions

pass-remarkable

difficult to please

impossible to please

over-particular

over-censorious

on someone's back

easily disgusted

unfavourable^UK

over-fastidious

particularized^US

selfdisciplined

particularised^UK

telling it like it is

going to great lengths

as it really happened

minding p's and q's

extremely careful

dotting the i's

crossing the t's

well thought-out

playing your cards close to your chest

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“Then they became immersed in hair-splitting debates about difficult ‘moral’ decisions but within a context where everything was justified if politically useful.”

Adjective

Trivial and irritating

nickel-and-dime

inconsequential

twopenny-halfpenny

not worth mentioning

of little account

not worth bothering about

of no consequence

of little importance

of little consequence

of no importance

without rhyme or reason

of minor importance

not worth speaking of

unconsequential

hardly worth mentioning

counterproductive

neither here nor there

of no great concern

of little import

of no significance

beside the point

undistinguished

good-for-nothing

underprivileged

dissatisfactory

underrepresented

lower in status

no great shakes

lacking foundation

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

too little too late

lacking substance

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

of less importance

of no earthly use

undistinguishable

without grounds

without foundation

in short supply

few and far between

thin on the ground

hard to come by

smallest amount of

unrecognized^US

unrecognised^UK

unsubstantiated

wide of the mark

beside the question

wide of the point

not to the purpose

off the subject

not significant

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Adjective

(of something abstract) Perceived only with attention to detail or subtlety

aesthetically pleasing

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Noun

Excessive concern with minor details and rules

“To argue that this is bad news because it is slightly higher than analysts expected is surely to enter the realm of statistical hair-splitting.”

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