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NITPICKED (9)
NITPICK
nitpick - v
be overly critical; criticize minor details
Synonyms
carp, cavil, quibble
Examples
Soames was getting impatient with his daughter's constant nitpicking.
Critics point out the nit-picking thoroughness which legal authorities in the Republic so often bring to bear on extradition requests.
I've had enough of your constant nit-picking. Why can't you say something encouraging?
Etymology
Nitpicking is a term, first used 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.
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