nitpicked; nitpicking; nitpicks
: to engage in nit-picking
: to criticize by nit-picking
… warns her lawyers not to nitpick on relatively simple matters.—
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Deborah L. JacobsExamples of nitpick in a Sentence
her husband nitpicks about everything: from how she puts the plates away to how she files the bills
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Zach Berman, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
If there are things to nitpick, their film rejects the idea of the nitpicking.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2025
But Brian constantly nitpicks her purchases.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
Ahead of his first season at the helm, one analyst decided to nitpick a recent press conference appearance.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Nitpick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nitpick. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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nitpick
verb
nit·pick
ˈnit-ˌpik 
: to criticize for tiny faults that are usually of little importance
nitpicker
noun
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