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Adjective: hairsplitting  'hehr,spli-ting
  1. Developed in excessively fine detail
    "hairsplitting distinctions";
    - finespun
Noun: hairsplitting  'hehr,spli-ting
  1. Making too fine distinctions of little importance
    "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously";
    - word-splitting

Derived forms: hairsplittings

See also: precise

Type of: differentiation, distinction

Encyclopedia: Hairsplitting

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hairpiece
hairpin
hairpin bend
hair-raiser
hair-raising
hairsbreadth
hair's-breadth
hair-shirt
hair-shirted
hairsplitter
hairsplitting
hairspring
hairstreak
hairstreak butterfly
hairstyle
hairstylist
hairtail
hair-tailed mole
hair-trigger
hairweaving
hairy