He is a genius at nitpicking.
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Nitpicking
Synonyms for "nitpicking" (2 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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10 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 13 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَمَحُّلُ النَّقْد noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
Bengali
1 entries- চুলচেরা বিচার noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
Danish
1 entries- flueknepperi noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
Dutch
2 entries- mierenneuken noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
- muggenziften noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
Finnish
3 entries- niuhottaminen noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
- niuhotus noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
- pilkunviilaus noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
French
4 entries- chicane noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
- ergotage noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
- pinaillage noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
- pinaillerie noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
German
2 entries- Erbsenzählerei noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
- Pedanterie noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
Hungarian
1 entries- szőrszálhasogatás noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
Icelandic
1 entries- sparðatíningur noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
Italian
4 entries- cavillosità noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
- pedantismo noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
- pignoleria noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
- puntigliosità noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
Macedonian
1 entries- ситничарење noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
Māori
1 entries- totetore noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- flisespikkeri noun (any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Please don't nitpick just for the sake of nitpicking.
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Nitpicking is just as often a sign of ignorance as it is a sign of understanding.
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I'm just nitpicking, of course.
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