nitpicking
noun[U]
informaldisapprovinguk/ˈnɪtˌpɪk.ɪŋ/us/ˈnɪtˌpɪk.ɪŋ/giving too muchattentiontodetailsthat are notimportant,especiallyas a way ofcriticizing:
吹毛求疵，挑剔，找茬儿If youspentlesstimenitpicking, you'd get moreworkdone.如果你少花点时间吹毛求疵，就可以完成更多工作。
Disapproving & criticizing
- anathematize
- animadversion
- aspersion
- assail
- aw
- backbite
- criticism
- deprecate
- dim
- fault
- niggle
- nitpick
- opprobrious
- peanut gallery
- people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
- personalization
- personalize
- philippic
- sarky
- tear
nitpicking
adjective
informaldisapprovinguk/ˈnɪtˌpɪk.ɪŋ/us/ˈnɪtˌpɪk.ɪŋ/relatingto theactofnitpickingor to anitpicker(= someone who gives too muchattentiontodetailsthat are notimportant):
a nitpickingattitude
Makingmapsis a verypreciseand nitpickingoperation.
- I make it apolicytoavoidnitpickingarguments.
- One last nitpickingdetail: this is alengthystudyand could have beenshorterincertainplaces.
- They aretiredof what theyregardas nitpickingcomplaintsforminorviolations.
Wanting everything to be right
- anally
- anally retentive
- choosy
- cover all the basesidiom
- dot the i's and cross the t'sidiom
- finicky
- fuss
- fussbudget
- fussily
- fussiness
- particular
- pedant
- pedantic
- pedantically
- pedantry
- punctilious
- punctiliously
- punctiliousness
- purism
- purist