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nit-picker Definition


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nit-picking
noun
    1. Petty criticism or fault-finding.
adj
    1. Fussy.
      Thesaurus: carping, finicky, fussy, hair-splitting, captious, caviling, hypercritical, pedantic, pettifogging, quibbling.
Derivative: nit-picker
noun
    Etymology: 1950s: from nit1.



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