choosy
pronunciation
How to pronounce choosy in British English:
UK [ˈtʃu:zi]
How to pronounce choosy in American English:
US [ˈtʃuzi]
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- Adjective:
- difficult to please
Word Origin
- choosy (adj.)
- 1862, American English, from choose + -y (2). Also sometimes choosey. Related: Choosiness.
Example
- 1. But funds remain choosy about which banks they will finance .
- 2. Many toddlers are notoriously choosy about their foods and reticent to try new things .
- 3. This system is under fire in copenhagen for being too choosy or too arbitrary in the projects it backs .
- 4. On another occasion mobil oil commissioned me to translate a prize-winning book on economic reforms ( translators can 't always be choosy ) .
- 5. In private schools the parents are choosy customers . They care more about the quality of instruction than the snazziness of the premises .