quibble
noun
an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
is quibbling
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present progressiveof quibble (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Beyond the disagreement over what is truly flushable and what’s not, there is quibbling about product labeling.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2019
It is quibbling, of course, to take any issue with a musician of Ax’s gifts, and his encore — the Brahms Intermezzo, Op.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2015
It is quibbling and begging the question altogether to say the phenomenon of transparency may be a rare one and so have escaped my observations.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore
