nitpick
IPA: nˈɪtpɪk
verb
- (figurative) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.
- (archaic, literal) To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.
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Examples of "nitpick" in Sentences
- That nitpick is the extent of your substantive rebuttal?
- That is not to nitpick, that is to say he obviously did so intentionally.
- And my desire to nitpick is practically non-existent, so there's that as well.
- The only small nitpick is that there wasn't more closure to the Ryan/Taylor relationship.
- The REAL nitpick is that since there is no Congressionally declared war, we aren’t at war now.
- And as long as we are in nitpick mode, electricity is hardly sold in a classic competitive market.
- The problem with this particular attempt to nitpick, is that YECs/Morris reject mountians of scientific evidence for their dogma.
- Obviously it wasn't my intent to write an encyclopedia entry on the topic, and your nitpick is an attempt to divert things off-topic.
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