Definition of nitpick
intransitive verb
: to engage in nit-picking
transitive verb
: to criticize by nit-picking … warns her lawyers not to nitpick on relatively simple matters. — Deborah L. Jacobs
nitpick
nounnitpicker
nounFrom the M-W Editors
Examples 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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No longer forced to nitpick over which government programs to cut, political leaders emerge with new initiatives to help solve seemingly intractable social problems, like drug addiction.
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Origin and Etymology of nitpick
back-formation from nit-picking
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