nit-picking
Example Sentences
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Gaining any new clarity about surging reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP, will take time, better data gathering and diagnostic tools and, perhaps most importantly, a hale and hearty dose of nit-picking scientific scrutiny.
From Scientific American • Jun. 9, 2023
"Maybe there are a couple of little bits you could tighten here or there, but I think it's really nit-picking."
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2022
Mr. Bolduc specializes in Japanese designers — Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Mikaye, Rei Kawakubo, Naoki Takizawa — and his videos are a blend of archival documentation, yesteryear nit-picking and whimsical outfit flaunting.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2021
Spending so much time at home has me nit-picking every little stain and mark on my walls.
From Slate • Nov. 30, 2020
There seemed to be a single file of nit-picking bureaucrats from Pondicherry to Minneapolis via Delhi and Washington, each with his form, his problem, his hesitation.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
