litigious
adjective
li·ti·gious
lə-ˈti-jəs 
li-
1
a
: disputatious, contentious
in a litigious mood
b
: prone to engage in lawsuits
an increasingly litigious society
2
: subject to litigation
not known to be litigious when purchased—
James Muirhead
James Muirhead3
: of, relating to, or marked by litigation
a litigious situation
litigiously
adverb
litigiousness
noun
Examples of litigious in a Sentence
a very litigious group of people
this litigious age in which we live
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In Consent, Ciment provides so much of the original memoir’s context, even analyzing some of its passages, that to be too rigidly attached to this story’s first version would make its follow-up feel too litigious.
—Tajja Isen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Before Drake’s recent litigious exploits, Cole’s decision to rescind his Kendrick Lamar diss was the most blasphemous hip-hop move of the year.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2024
The series’s portrait of John, now a remarried grandfather, bears no trace of the litigious figure who hired Trump attorney L. Lin Wood early on to sue media outlets for libel.
—Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
The company offered to brand customers, too, in exchange for a year's-worth of free food.
Co-founder Steve Salis moved on to acquire Ted's Bulletin, Kramer's and launch a real estate company (with some litigious results).
—Anna Spiegel, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
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Tajja Isen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Before Drake’s recent litigious exploits, Cole’s decision to rescind his Kendrick Lamar diss was the most blasphemous hip-hop move of the year.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2024
The series’s portrait of John, now a remarried grandfather, bears no trace of the litigious figure who hired Trump attorney L. Lin Wood early on to sue media outlets for libel.
—Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
The company offered to brand customers, too, in exchange for a year's-worth of free food.
Co-founder Steve Salis moved on to acquire Ted's Bulletin, Kramer's and launch a real estate company (with some litigious results).
—Anna Spiegel, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Litigious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/litigious. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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litigious
adjective
li·ti·gious
li-ˈti-jəs
1
: prone to engage in lawsuits or legal maneuvers especially to an excessive degree
a litigious pro se prisoner … filed fifty-one cases—In re Oliver, 682 F.2d 443 (1982)
In re Oliver, 682 F.2d 443 (1982)2
: subject to litigation
acquired only a possible litigious claim—Wells v. Joseph, 95 So. 2d 843 (1957)
Wells v. Joseph, 95 So. 2d 843 (1957)3
: of, relating to, or marked by litigation
litigiously
adverb
litigiousness
noun
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