Recent history strongly suggests that this will be a bad year, and not because of mere substantive disagreements (though there are plenty of those).

When lawyers get together, there's always disagreement on language, but we have no substantive disagreement.

However, he resigned his membership in 1928 or 1929, because of substantive disagreement.

There are some substantive disagreements between Democrats and Republicans on voting reform.

The most substantive disagreement came over the wisdom of using United Nations peacekeeping troops in military operations.

Disney and Miramax had other substantive disagreements, including over how much autonomy the brothers would have.

That's how the left expresses substantive disagreements "with the legal philosophy of a sitting federal judge.

A substantive disagreement could delay the court hearing, the confirmation by creditors and the companies' emergence from Chapter 11.

But he said that there was one substantive disagreement.

It might be a shrewd strategic decision in a primary fight where there is little substantive disagreement.