nitpicked; nitpicking; nitpicks
: to engage in nit-picking
: to criticize by nit-picking
… warns her lawyers not to nitpick on relatively simple matters.—
Deborah L. Jacobs
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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Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
The defense nitpicked at different parts of the evidence charts, noting that some sections were lacking.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 17 June 2025
Social workers seem to nitpick the kind of child safety locks on cabinets, how old kids must be to sleep in a top bunk and the rating of a fire extinguisher kept in the kitchen.
—Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
Each new video only gave viewers more to nitpick over.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
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“Nitpick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nitpick. Accessed 29 Jun. 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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