nitpicking
US // informal //
挑剔,吹毛求疵,挑刺,挑毛病
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a concern with insignificant details, esp with the intention of finding fault
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : showing such a concern; fussy
Synonyms & Antonyms
adj.niggling about details
Examples
The department of health needs to stop nitpicking, dragging their feet, and get these other centers open.
Or find a nitpicking way to avoid making any decision until some more states have acted on their own?
Three months ago, what was on display was the well-developed British talent for carping, sneering, and nitpicking.
But these narrow grounds still did not fall to the level of legal nitpicking.
In any case, this is nitpicking, and, ironically, Klingman does the same thing in his essay.
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