nitpicky
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7.9
- adjective
- /ˈnɪtˌpɪki/
- Informal
:
quisquilloso
- She can be quite nitpicky when it comes to grammar in her students' essays.
- get nitpicky
Am I am I being nitpicky or are the criticisms fair?
- Am I am I being nitpicky or are the criticisms fair?
- So to me, if I were just to put myself in your place, it seems like the Internet and the world would be very nitpicky about individual words.
- And it was, I cannot describe how slight and nitpicky this was of me.
Examples
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I'm sorry, but most of the points you've put forward are either ridiculous, nitpicky, or personal preference.
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This is very difficult because I don't want to be too nitpicky and too German.
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Sorry if this seems nitpicky, but there you have it.
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These might sound like nitpicky things, but considering the cost of this case, I have to mention them.
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I kind of got the feeling you had to make this nitpicky argument just for the sake of attention.
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But arguing just that fact is extremely nitpicky in the context of the whole conversation we were having.
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Yes, I am, as overbearing and nitpicky as my parents can be.
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Luke, you are getting too nitpicky in your criticisms.
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I admit to being very nitpicky and rambling on about something that is small in the big scheme of things.
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Just because there are some flaws, you don't have to get nitpicky about it and state.
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Synonyms
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3.9
Easily annoyed and hard to please about small things
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7.1
Hard to please and careful about small details
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9.8
Being very picky about small details
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8.3
Giving too much attention to small details that you lose sight of the main goal
Being very careful about small details in a way that annoys others
Paying too much attention to small, unimportant details
Paying too much attention to small unimportant details that annoy other people
Giving too much attention to small, unimportant details
Too worried about small details and hard to please
Careful about small details and hard to please
Careful and picky about small details and choices
Likely to think too much about small details and make things more complicated
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Etymology
Nitpicky comes from people who used to pick nits, the 'tiny eggs' of lice, out of hair, and pick means 'to remove'. So a nitpicky person is someone who pays too much attention to very small or unimportant faults.