choosiness

• “Most of those people will be wrong for you in some way, but in terms of numbers, online services afford everyone some choosiness, which is an indisputable benefit.”

  Ars Technica

• “Was his failure due to choosiness? he wondered - or fear of rejection, or unattractiveness?”

  Fictionaut: Fear

• “The women in this study had no information about the men's choosiness in general.”

  The Huffington Post: Wray Herbert: Why We LIke Romantic Uncertainty

• “This “choosiness” of cooperators dramatically enhances their probability of success.”

  Simon & Schuster: SuperCooperators

• “Mae had to wonder if his much-talked-about choosiness was actually painful shyness.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Demons Covenant

• “We can always use new outlets for high-minded choosiness.”

  Save the New York Schmattas

• “Perhaps a bit more choosiness in sexual partners is called for.”

  Second Chakra stuff

• “This means a material increase in balance sheet," Mr. Dougan said, which the bank views as a "pretty low-risk part of its balance sheet" because of its choosiness and collateral held.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Credit Suisse's Prime Brokerage Gets Boost After Lehman's Fall

• “There was the same genteel choosiness at work when the American Bar Association was formed in 1878.”

  Simon & Schuster: A History of American Law

• “The Riekert Commission spoke of the "work choosiness" of many”

  7. The Riekert Commission: a Black Middle Class in the Making?

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