Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hairsplit
Participle: hairsplit
Gerund: hairsplitting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hairsplit |
| you | hairsplit |
| he;she;it | hairsplits |
| we | hairsplit |
| you | hairsplit |
| they | hairsplit |
Perfect
| I | have hairsplit |
| you | have hairsplit |
| he;she;it | has hairsplit |
| we | have hairsplit |
| you | have hairsplit |
| they | have hairsplit |
Past
| I | hairsplit |
| you | hairsplit |
| he;she;it | hairsplit |
| we | hairsplit |
| you | hairsplit |
| they | hairsplit |
Pluperfect
| I | had hairsplit |
| you | had hairsplit |
| he;she;it | had hairsplit |
| we | had hairsplit |
| you | had hairsplit |
| they | had hairsplit |
Future
| I | will hairsplit |
| you | will hairsplit |
| he;she;it | will hairsplit |
| we | will hairsplit |
| you | will hairsplit |
| they | will hairsplit |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hairsplit |
| you | will have hairsplit |
| he;she;it | will have hairsplit |
| we | will have hairsplit |
| you | will have hairsplit |
| they | will have hairsplit |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hairsplit |
| you | hairsplit |
| he;she;it | hairsplit |
| we | hairsplit |
| you | hairsplit |
| they | hairsplit |
Perfect
| I | have hairsplit |
| you | have hairsplit |
| he;she;it | have hairsplit |
| we | have hairsplit |
| you | have hairsplit |
| they | have hairsplit |
Imperfect
| I | hairsplit |
| you | hairsplit |
| he;she;it | hairsplit |
| we | hairsplit |
| you | hairsplit |
| they | hairsplit |
Pluperfect
| I | had hairsplit |
| you | had hairsplit |
| he;she;it | had hairsplit |
| we | had hairsplit |
| you | had hairsplit |
| they | had hairsplit |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hairsplit |
| you | would hairsplit |
| he;she;it | would hairsplit |
| we | would hairsplit |
| you | would hairsplit |
| they | would hairsplit |
Perfect
| I | would have hairsplit |
| you | would have hairsplit |
| he;she;it | would have hairsplit |
| we | would have hairsplit |
| you | would have hairsplit |
| they | would have hairsplit |
Imperative
| you | hairsplit |
| we | Let's hairsplit |
| you | hairsplit |
Verbs conjugated like 'hairsplit'
beset,
broadcast,
burst,
bust,
cost,
crosscut,
cut,
forecast,
hit,
hurt,
inset,
let,
misread,
overset,
overspread,
put,
read,
rebroadcast,
recut,
relet, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hairsplit'
airlift,
airship,
displat,
harelip,
harlot,
hirple,
horsesit,
netsplit,
off-split,
offsplit,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From hair + split; see split hairs.
Sample Sentences
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The real criticism of your article is not only your attitude of mind as expressed therein, but also in dealing with details and inclination to hairsplit minor matters [1922, Sons of the Revolution in State of Virginia Quarterly Magazine, page 28:]
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This would lend support to the view that it would be unrealistic to hairsplit various activities of an educational institution to ferret out if any one of them, by itself, involves profit-making. [1981, M. P. Agrawal, Taxation of Charity, page 87:]
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How vividly with the recital of these old customs memory reverts to the other quaint and fantastic forms New England piety took on — to the pastor who could hairsplit by the hour 'twixt Free Will and Election [1884, Clarence Deming, By-ways of Nature and Life, page 225:]
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We are not disposed to refine and hairsplit so as to nullify these wise provisions of the statute [1915, South Carolina. Supreme Court, J. S. G. Richardson, Robert Wallace Shand, Cyprian Melanchthon Efird, William Hay Townsend, Duncan C. Ray, William Munro Shand, Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of South Carolina:]