NITPICKING


Meaning of NITPICKING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ nɪtpɪkɪŋ ]

also nit-picking

If you refer to someone’s opinion as nitpicking , you disapprove of the fact that it concentrates on small and unimportant details, especially to try and find fault with something.

A lot of nit-picking was going on about irrelevant things...

I can get down to nitpicking detail, I am pretty fussy about certain things.

= quibbling

N-UNCOUNT [ disapproval ]

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