as in complained
to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant
her husband nitpicks about everything: from how she puts the plates away to how she files the bills
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Recent Examples of nitpicked
Tucker even nitpicked the nine-pitch at-bat that ended in the pull-side homer.
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Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Diehards nitpicked pointless details like Bond's hair color as an excuse to dismiss the whole experiment.
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Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
1 June 2026
Pride & Prejudice was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $120 million worldwide, though some nitpicked at the film for not being entirely accurate to Jane Austen’s original book.
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Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
28 Nov. 2025
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Diehards nitpicked pointless details like Bond's hair color as an excuse to dismiss the whole experiment.
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Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
1 June 2026
Pride & Prejudice was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $120 million worldwide, though some nitpicked at the film for not being entirely accurate to Jane Austen’s original book.
—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
28 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nitpicked
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By early 1775, Quebec’s governor complained that this letter was stirring up the population by planting dangerous doubts about British imperial authority.
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Smith has long complained that Carney’s predecessor, Justin Trudeau, hindered the province’s energy industry and fueled separatist sentiment.
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The crime went unsolved for many years, prompting Mason to start making this movie in the early 2000s, and the immediate conclusion to jump to is that the LAPD maybe wasn’t too fussed about it.
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Dunst doesn’t get fussed about that sort of thing.
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The story that’s being quibbled about concerns a teen suicide.
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During a debate Tuesday, some lawmakers quibbled over whether the bill would infringe on the free market.
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Coach Arne Slot moaned about VAR but his problems lie much closer to home.
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Critics moaned when the CFP committee picked the Hurricanes over Notre Dame as the last Power 4 entry into the playoffs.
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The program posed a massive political problem for Mamdani, who’s been criticized by both his allies and opponents for his stance.
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While state studies have criticized the state’s education governance model, voters have rejected at least four attempts dating back to 1928 to reform the position.
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Senior executives carped about Chapek to Disney board members.
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“Nitpicked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nitpicked. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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