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Princeton's WordNet
nitpickverb
be overly critical; criticize minor details
Wiktionary
nitpickverb
To correct minutiae or find fault in unimportant details; to kvetch.
Someone will invariably nitpick about any spelling error posted to the forums.
nitpickverb
To pick nits - lice eggs - from someone's hair.
Watch the mother gorilla nitpick the baby's fur clean.
Wikipedia
nitpick
Nitpicking is a term, first attested in 1956, that describes the action of giving too much attention to unimportant detail. A person who nitpicks is termed as a nitpicker.The terminology originates from the common act of manually removing nits (the eggs of lice, generally head lice) from another person's hair.As nitpicking inherently requires fastidious attention to detail, the term has become appropriated to describe the practice of meticulously searching for minor, even trivial errors in detail.Nitpicking has been used to describe dishonest insurers and bullying employers, or even bullying family members.
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nitpick
Nitpick refers to the act of excessively focusing on or criticizing minor, unimportant, or irrelevant details, often in an attempt to find fault or flaw. It can also mean to investigate or analyze in an overly meticulous or thorough manner. Nitpicking can be described as an overly critical attitude or behavior.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nitpick in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nitpick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of nitpick in a Sentence
I don't mean to nitpick, but I wouldn't categorize John Fetterman as progressive, i consider John Fetterman a Democrat that's running on the same platform of ideas that every other Democrat in this race is running on. And I can't think of a Democrat running nationally that's running on anything functionally different in that regard.
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- pingelig, schikanierenGerman
- nipottaa, loinen, nyppiäFinnish
- chicaner, chercher la petite bête, chipoter, pinaillerFrench
- cercare il pelo nell'uovoItalian
- シラミを取る, 揚げ足を取る, 咎めるJapanese
- mierenneuken, vitten, muggenziften, vlooienDutch
- придраться, придиратьсяRussian
- бискати, biskati, cjepidlačiti, цјепидлачитиSerbo-Croatian
- nitpickTelugu
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