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litigious

/li-tij-uhs/US // lɪˈtɪdʒ əs //UK // (lɪˈtɪdʒəs) //

诉讼,诉讼性,诉讼的,诉讼性的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to litigation.
    • : excessively or readily inclined to litigate: a litigious person.
    • : inclined to dispute or disagree; argumentative.

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Examples

  • The couple declined to appear in Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed, and the film depicts them as a litigious pair—to the extent that many people who worked with them and Ross refused to speak to Rofé out of fear of being sued.

  • The most litigious in the Northwell system during that time was Long Island Jewish Medical Center, which filed a total of 2,011 court actions, with more than a quarter of those pursued last year, the research showed.

  • This child of Nigerian immigrants has acquired this country’s litigious spirit, and he pressed his case for nominal damages.

  • ANDREA CONSTAND (2004) The most litigious of the group is Constand.

  • I got the shot across the bow at the beginning, and I knew from his history that he tended to be very litigious.

  • They are “not litigious people,” as Sarah said, but they felt they had a right to sue.

  • The hiring of Belcher itself was a strong indicator that the famously litigious Sterling was determined to go to court.

  • Could a director get away with that in these litigious times?

  • Fitzwilliam was a man of hasty temper, Fitton was said to be vain-glorious and was certainly quarrelsome and litigious.

  • When any litigious suits fell out, he would always stop them and prevent people's going to law.

  • Writing about law makes one litigious; so I seize this opportunity for making a few observations on American claims.

  • But they are judges of the first instance for every kind of litigious or criminal cases.

  • Other claims have been personal or litigious; these are historic.