nitpicking
noun
[ ˈnɪtpɪkɪŋ ]
• fussy or pedantic fault-finding.
• "nitpicking over tiny details"
Similar:
pedantic,
overscrupulous,
scrupulous,
precise,
exact,
over-exacting,
perfectionist,
precisionist,
punctilious,
meticulous,
fussy,
fastidious,
finical,
finicky,
dogmatic,
purist,
literalist,
literalistic,
formalist,
scholastic,
casuistic,
casuistical,
sophistic,
sophistical,
captious,
hair-splitting,
quibbling,
pettifogging,
fault-finding,
hypercritical,
cavilling,
carping,
pernickety,
persnickety,
overnice,
nitpick
verb
• engage in fussy or pedantic fault-finding.
• "the state is nitpicking about minor administrative matters"
