According to pernickety moderators, non-sentences constitute a mortal danger to Tatoeba.
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Pernickety
//pəˈnɪk.ɪ.ti//
Synonyms for "pernickety" (37 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Adjective(6 words)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
3 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
37 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- дребнав adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
- педантичен adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
- щекотлив adj (requiring attention to minor details)
Czech
3 entries- hnidopišský adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
- pedantský adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
- puntičkářský adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
Danish
1 entries- pernittengrynet adj (requiring attention to minor details)
Dutch
2 entries- pietepeuterig adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
- pietluttig adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
French
4 entries- pinailleur adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
- pinailleur adj (requiring attention to minor details)
- pointilleux adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
- pointilleux adj (requiring attention to minor details)
German
4 entries- etepetete adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
- genau adj (requiring attention to minor details)
- heikel adj (requiring attention to minor details)
- kleinlich adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- minutiøs adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
- pirkete adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
- spissfindig adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
Russian
4 entries- въе́дливый adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
- дото́шный adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
- привере́дливый adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
- приди́рчивый adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
Spanish
3 entries- punctilloso adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
- puntilloso adj (paying undue attention to minor details)
- puntilloso adj (requiring attention to minor details)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
It is foolish that scientists tend to be pernickety.
Source: tatoeba (796109)
According to pernickety moderators, non-sentences turn Tatoeba into a mortal danger.
Source: tatoeba (9793410)
Some people are very pernickety.
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