nitpick
pronunciation
How to pronounce nitpick in British English:
UK ['nɪtpɪk]
How to pronounce nitpick in American English:
US ['nɪtpɪk]
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- Verb:
- be overly critical; criticize minor details
Word Origin
- nitpick (v.)
- "seek petty faults," also nit-pick, 1962, back-formation from earlier nitpicker. Related: Nitpicking; nitpicky.
Example
- 1. I really do not wish to nitpick .
- 2. I am only nitpicking here , but when there are no faults to be found , one has to nitpick !
- 3. The recession forced corporate america to look hard for savings , and the people who were being paid hundreds of dollars an hour to nitpick were an obvious target .
- 4. Such disputes dispirit those who want the church to look outward and upward , not nitpick over the past .
- 5. We didn 't have any that I know about , but sometimes you get the guy in the audience who wants to super nitpick about something , or have a pointless or tolling discussion .