quibble
noun
an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
quibbles
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present tense formof quibble (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Forget the quibbles about not being pleasing on the eye or too many set-pieces.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
While some of the quibbles with ServiceNow’s latest earnings are more company-specific, including margin impacts related to recent deal closures, other aspects may have wider implications for the sector.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026
During the 2000s, the agency’s oncology chief, Richard Pazdur, torpedoed treatments based on quibbles with their trial designs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
And the group commutations, whatever one thinks of them as criminal justice policy, suffered from defects stemming from hasty execution that open the door to legal quibbles and political exploitation.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025
This attitude was reinforced over the next few years, when a succession of critics, clearly Newton’s intellectual inferiors, raised a host of quibbles about his work, which showed their own ignorance more than anything else.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
