quibble
verb/ˈkwɪbəl/
Frequency rank: #17,322 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to argue or raise objections about trivial matters
Example sentence
Instead of addressing the main issue, he chose to quibble over minor details.
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