infighting
noun
in·fight·ing
ˈin-ˌfī-tiŋ 
1
: prolonged and often bitter dissension or rivalry among members of a group or organization
bureaucratic infighting
2
: rough-and-tumble fighting
3
: fighting or boxing at close quarters
Examples of infighting in a Sentence
continued infighting has just completely robbed that political action committee of its effectiveness
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Party infighting and frustrating recriminations around Democrats’ 2024 losses had made 2025 a slog.
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Dan Merica, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2026
The town has been operating without a local government since January, when its entire Board of Trustees quit following years of bitter infighting and a violent scuffle that sent one of the trustees to the hospital, The Denver Post reported last month.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
The girls’ outfits got smaller, the characters’ infighting nastier, the criminal element more brutal, the camerawork flashier, the series’ balance of all this more tenuous.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
The party hopes Republican infighting and Greene’s surprise exit may crack the conservative northwest Georgia bloc.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Apr. 2026
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Dan Merica, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2026
The town has been operating without a local government since January, when its entire Board of Trustees quit following years of bitter infighting and a violent scuffle that sent one of the trustees to the hospital, The Denver Post reported last month.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
The girls’ outfits got smaller, the characters’ infighting nastier, the criminal element more brutal, the camerawork flashier, the series’ balance of all this more tenuous.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
The party hopes Republican infighting and Greene’s surprise exit may crack the conservative northwest Georgia bloc.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Infighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infighting. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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