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carping(adjective, critical, dissatisfied, complaining)
10
pettifogging(adjective, reasoning)
8
nit-picking(adjective, critical, dissatisfied, disparaging)
6
hair-splitting(adjective, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic)
6
nitpicking(adjective, critical, dissatisfied, complaining)
5
equivocation(adjective, deception, mistake, error)
5
evasion(deception, mistake, error, falsehood)
4
chicanery
4
fault-finding(adjective, critical, dissatisfied, disparaging)
4
quibble
4
sophistry(deception, mistake, error, falsehood)
3
bickering
3
cavilling
3
deception(mistake, error, falsehood, deviation)
3
fencing
3
hairsplitting
3
prevarication
3
subterfuge(deception, mistake, error, falsehood)
2
ambiguity(deception, mistake, error, falsehood)
2
artifice(deception, mistake, error, falsehood)
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