to nitpick
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5.7
- verb
- /ˈnɪtˌpɪk/
- You can't go through life nitpicking every little thing.
- every little nitpicking
- want to nitpick
- nitpick things
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Watch on YouTubeI didn't know that I was to nitpick your makeup.
- I didn't know that I was to nitpick your makeup.
- Looking back if I wanted to nitpick I could nitpick but right now just reading it I was.
- So you deal with new people who don't have patience, who, you know, nitpick every little thing even though they're not good yet.
- But but you, you can't, you can't expect things to be, you know, you can't expect to get there by nitpicking, I don't think.
- Like I don't I don't like nitpick and like, you know, I let them do them.
- Like I said, just nitpicking, but this is a really good phone guys.
- So you've got like nitpicking nut picking is where the, the, the the craziest stupidest.
- So now it starts to nitpick, create issues, but it all stems from yes, she has not healed it.
Examples
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Honestly, what's the point of nitpicking a win like this?
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Let's not nitpick.
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And I found that really helps me nitpick what I was doing wrong with my boxing.
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I thought it was kind of silly to nitpick.
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I'm not trying to nitpick, but I think we ought to remain honest here.
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Um, Roger, not to nitpick, but I think your math is off by a factor of 1,000.
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Why must you nitpick?
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Don't nitpick!
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I try not to nitpick during meetings because it slows down the decision-making process.
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It's unproductive to nitpick over small mistakes when the project is otherwise progressing well.
Synonyms
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7.0
To argue about small unimportant details to avoid the main point
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5.6
To complain repeatedly about small things
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4.4
To say something is wrong or not good, often about small things
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6.8
Argue about very small differences that do not matter
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5.2
To find faults in ideas or work by pointing out small problems
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5.7
Keep finding small faults in someone or their ideas
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8.1
To complain in an annoying way about small things
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9.9
To complain about small unimportant details
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8.2
To argue about very small, unimportant details
Antonyms
How Critical
- Informal
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7.9
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word nitpick comes from the old action of picking out a nit, which is a 'tiny egg' of a small insect, and the pick part means 'to take out'. So to nitpick now is to look for or complain about very small or unimportant faults.