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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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The Kremlin’s sincerity in seeking a ceasefire is increasingly suspect after weeks of negotiating, nitpicking, and reneging on U.S. proposals already approved by Ukraine.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 11 Apr. 2025
In the sell-side analyst commentary out Wednesday morning, there also is some nitpicking around CrowdStrike’s 112% net retention rate, which was down slightly from the quarter before.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2025
The quarterback position, given its importance in football, is very easy to nitpick for NFL scouts.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Nitpick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nitpick. Accessed 20 May. 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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