Quibble
verb
Argue about little, unimportant things.
Let's not quibble over small details
Often appears as...
- quibble over details
- quibble about costs
noun
A slight objection or complaint about something small.
My only quibble about the event was the location
Often appears as...
- minor quibble
- important quibble
verb
Argue about little, unimportant things.
Let's not quibble over small details
Often appears as...
- quibble over details
- quibble about costs
noun
A slight objection or complaint about something small.
My only quibble about the event was the location
Often appears as...
- minor quibble
- important quibble
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Not Crucial
Use 'quibble' for issues that aren't critical to the main argument or outcome.
They continued to quibble over who would pay the 10-cent parking charge.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Tone
'Quibble' often implies petty or unnecessary arguments, and may have a mildly negative connotation.
The meeting dragged as members quibbled about wording instead of the proposal's merits.
Pro Tip 3/3Conversation Delays
Using 'quibble' indicates minor delays in decisions or actions due to small disagreements.
The project timeline was extended as the team quibbled over color choices for the logo.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Crucial
Use 'quibble' for issues that aren't critical to the main argument or outcome.
They continued to quibble over who would pay the 10-cent parking charge.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Tone
'Quibble' often implies petty or unnecessary arguments, and may have a mildly negative connotation.
The meeting dragged as members quibbled about wording instead of the proposal's merits.
Pro Tip 3/3Conversation Delays
Using 'quibble' indicates minor delays in decisions or actions due to small disagreements.
The project timeline was extended as the team quibbled over color choices for the logo.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Crucial
Use 'quibble' for issues that aren't critical to the main argument or outcome.
They continued to quibble over who would pay the 10-cent parking charge.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Tone
'Quibble' often implies petty or unnecessary arguments, and may have a mildly negative connotation.
The meeting dragged as members quibbled about wording instead of the proposal's merits.
Pro Tip 3/3Conversation Delays
Using 'quibble' indicates minor delays in decisions or actions due to small disagreements.
The project timeline was extended as the team quibbled over color choices for the logo.
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And if you completely disagree with me, if you partially disagree with me, if you even quibble with me, then you're wrong," then there's no discussion, no tolerance, no evolution, and certainly no learning. Most of us are not vegetarians yet. Then again, we haven't had
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accepted idea that the pharaohs were foreign invaders bringing rapid progress to a backward country but with quibbles discovery of a king who predated the Pharaohs cracks began to appear in this theory the history books were about to be rewritten
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but apparently no brains existed in this place when Democrats passed and signed this bill into law now tiny little quibble of a footnote Sonny Bono you
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And if you completely disagree with me, if you partially disagree with me, if you even quibble with me, then you're wrong," then there's no discussion, no tolerance, no evolution, and certainly no learning. Most of us are not vegetarians yet. Then again, we haven't had
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The Real Scorpion King PIPE...
accepted idea that the pharaohs were foreign invaders bringing rapid progress to a backward country but with quibbles discovery of a king who predated the Pharaohs cracks began to appear in this theory the history books were about to be rewritten
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Re-examining the remix -...
but apparently no brains existed in this place when Democrats passed and signed this bill into law now tiny little quibble of a footnote Sonny Bono you
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Kristina McMorris
American Author
People often refer to bygone days as a simpler time. Perhaps, more accurately, my grandparents' generation focused better on what mattered. Traffic jams and minor quibbles with my husband Daniel pale in comparison with the worries that were faced on the home front and battlefield during the Second World War.
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Joss Whedon
American Writer
Most of the dialogue in 'Speed' is mine, and a bunch of the characters. That was actually pretty much a good experience. I have quibbles. I also have the only poster left with my name still on it. Getting arbitrated off the credits was un-fun.
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Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
This ideal of the Socratic academy is so reasonable that it may seem foolish to quibble with it. Of course, students should engage with ideas that they disagree with rather than silencing anything that challenges their worldview.
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Joss Whedon
American Writer
I'm never interested in movies where you don't care about the people you're watching, and that's my biggest quibble about horror, that kids have gotten stupider and stupider.
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Dominic Raab
British Politician
Working as a Foreign Office lawyer in 2003, I was less worried by the quibbling over U.N. resolutions on Iraq than the coalition's capacity to effect positive change.
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Gordie Howe
Canadian Athlete
I might have some quibbles with the way the game is played today, but at its core, I know that hockey will always be hockey no matter what year the calendar reads.
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Nigel Hawthorne
English Actor
I can't grumble. I've been very content with the way things have gone. I may have minor quibbles as we all have, but I'm still working at 70.
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Vicki Lawrence
American Comedian
I think the older you get, the more 'let's cut to the chase' you get, 'let's quit quibbling about this, let's tell it like it is.
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Augustus Sol Invictus
American Activist
I did sacrifice a goat. I know that's probably a quibble in the mind of most Americans.
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Kristina McMorris
American Author
People often refer to bygone days as a simpler time. Perhaps, more accurately, my grandparents' generation focused better on what mattered. Traffic jams and minor quibbles with my husband Daniel pale in comparison with the worries that were faced on the home front and battlefield during the Second World War.
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Joss Whedon
American Writer
Most of the dialogue in 'Speed' is mine, and a bunch of the characters. That was actually pretty much a good experience. I have quibbles. I also have the only poster left with my name still on it. Getting arbitrated off the credits was un-fun.
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Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
This ideal of the Socratic academy is so reasonable that it may seem foolish to quibble with it. Of course, students should engage with ideas that they disagree with rather than silencing anything that challenges their worldview.
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Joss Whedon
American Writer
I'm never interested in movies where you don't care about the people you're watching, and that's my biggest quibble about horror, that kids have gotten stupider and stupider.
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Dominic Raab
British Politician
Working as a Foreign Office lawyer in 2003, I was less worried by the quibbling over U.N. resolutions on Iraq than the coalition's capacity to effect positive change.
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Gordie Howe
Canadian Athlete
I might have some quibbles with the way the game is played today, but at its core, I know that hockey will always be hockey no matter what year the calendar reads.
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Nigel Hawthorne
English Actor
I can't grumble. I've been very content with the way things have gone. I may have minor quibbles as we all have, but I'm still working at 70.
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Vicki Lawrence
American Comedian
I think the older you get, the more 'let's cut to the chase' you get, 'let's quit quibbling about this, let's tell it like it is.
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Augustus Sol Invictus
American Activist
I did sacrifice a goat. I know that's probably a quibble in the mind of most Americans.
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