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litigious

[ US /ˈɫɪtɪdʒəs, ɫɪˈtɪdʒəs/ ]
[ UK /lɪtˈɪd‍ʒəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. of or relating to litigation
  2. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
    a style described as abrasive and contentious
    a litigious and acrimonious spirit
    a disputatious lawyer

How To Use litigious In A Sentence

  • I sometimes wish GUD didn't publish adult-leaning content so that we could more easily market to perspicacious YA -- but at least in puritanical-US, that would be litigiously dangerous. MIND MELD: If You Could Change Any Aspect of The Science Fiction Field, What Would it Be?
  • a litigious and acrimonious spirit
  • Englishmen were notoriously litigious, but that represented a willingness to submit to the arbitration of the king's courts.
  • Local landowners are well aware of their rights over land and highly litigious when they are aggrieved.
  • We have this kind of litigious society where the state is constantly trying to mediate between the rights of all of these atomic individuals.
  • I've never considered a contract, but I don't live in a hugely litigious society.
  • Amazingly, after five and a half years, not one single victim's case from 9/11 has even been heard in a court of law -- in spite of the fact that the US is known as a litigious society with an abundance of aggressive lawyers. THE 9/11 VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND: cui bono?
  • Unlike the not-in-my-backyard litigious folk of Massachusetts, this Illinoisan with a clear view of Lake Michigan cannot wait to have a wind farm in my front yard. Wind turbines off Cape Cod will ruin national treasure
  • We may shake our heads and say sadly that this is a ‘litigious age,’ but our experience has been that only litigious processes guarantee the rights of all concerned.
  • The NFL is the most litigious league of all the professional sports.
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