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Definition of "litigious" []

  • Of, relating to, or characterized by litigation. (adjective)
  • Tending to engage in lawsuits. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "litigious" in a sentence
  • "Can I call the litigious one a self-obsessed arse without being sued?"
  • "But the management saw it as potentially a health and safety issue in litigious Britain."
  • ""Clearly the patent system in the U.S. has become one that is litigious, that is complicated," she said at the permanent representation of the German state of Bavaria to the EU."