as in careful
hard to please
he is very fastidious about how he arranges his music collection, and woe to anyone who dares to mess around with it
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Recent Examples of fastidious
Scorn is a salve for her—an enjoyable expression of her fastidious nature and a coping strategy.
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Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
The company is nonetheless fastidious about the fundamental details.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Competition arrived in May, when the Rosewood Amsterdam opened its doors in the former Palace of Justice after a fastidious 10-year renovation that reportedly cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 27 July 2025
Of the four, Pascal delivers the best performance as the fussy, fastidious scientist Reed Richards.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 24 July 2025
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Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
The company is nonetheless fastidious about the fundamental details.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Competition arrived in May, when the Rosewood Amsterdam opened its doors in the former Palace of Justice after a fastidious 10-year renovation that reportedly cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 27 July 2025
Of the four, Pascal delivers the best performance as the fussy, fastidious scientist Reed Richards.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 24 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for fastidious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fastidious
Adjective
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Step by careful step, Holbrook climbed, holding out bologna and cheese until two pairs of cautious eyes peeked back.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Ten-inch-tall elves, called Scout Elves, arrive in children's homes ahead of Christmas with a mission to relay children's behavior back to Santa Claus for his naughty and nice list.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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To those earning $50,000 a year at their regular jobs, making $5,000 in a few nights of netting was a nice bonus.—
Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp wanted an appropriate goodbye with one Hawkins resident in particular as the sci-fi series concluded last month.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Jan. 2026
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Your fourth tip centers on diet quality, in particular cutting out ultraprocessed foods.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Wispy ’90s bangs are notoriously finicky—they’re so lightweight that the slightest brush against your forehead can leave them greasy and flat.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
2 Nov. 2025
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Orchids might seem like finicky houseplants, but with the proper care, that grocery store stunner can bloom for years and years.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Comparable in size to the Arc de Triomphe, the Porte Monumentale also contained surface ornamentation based on Haeckel’s exacting lifelong documentation of organisms to be found in the world’s oceans.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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These methods, while less exacting, are also woefully undemocratic, allowing lawmakers to act independently from and against the interests of the American public.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The champion’s mindset—persnickety, hyper-critical, focused—is back.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
23 Dec. 2025
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Because of that pressurization level, passengers will experience less stress on their bodies and get more oxygen while onboard, which can help to reduce that persnickety jet lag.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The most meticulous work on this subject was carried out by David Noble, a historian of technology.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Ramon is known for making meticulous in-court analyses for bail and custody decisions.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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My picky kids specifically ask for this.—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
2 Jan. 2026
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Vionic Kimmie Court Sneakers This Vionic Galia sneaker sale is so good that my picky 60-year-old mom and I are both running to checkout.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
29 Dec. 2025
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“Fastidious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fastidious. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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