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- noun The quality of being
nitpicky ;pedantry overtrivia .
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Examples
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I think that nitpickiness you mention can come from a variety of sources.
Going Out SVGL 2008
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Not perfect, but really good, considering the famous nitpickiness of Trek fans.
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"The nitpickiness of the media," replied Cain, whose response got a standing ovation.
News - latimes.com 2011
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These boss races are needed to advance to the later stages of the game and the nitpickiness that is required can leave the last fifth of the game inaccessible to those who do not want to chase perfection.
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(I think the nitpickiness has more to do with detail-obsessed typography nerds and People Who Studied Chemistry In High School than the snarky MeFi genpop.)
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He wasn't banned for being gay, but for nitpickiness.
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Liberal, there are a ton of links, with most of them being negative (to the point of extremity and nitpickiness such as Conservative has only three links, none of them which are remotely negative?
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Liberal, there are a ton of links, with most of them being negative (to the point of extremity and nitpickiness such as Conservative has only three links, none of them which are remotely negative?
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Breithaupt 2009
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Liberal, there are a ton of links, with most of them being negative (to the point of extremity and nitpickiness such as Conservative has only three links, none of them which are remotely negative?
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Liberal, there are a ton of links, with most of them being negative (to the point of extremity and nitpickiness such as Conservative has only three links, none of them which are remotely negative?
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Jinxmchue 2009
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