fastidious
adjective
excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please.
fastidiousness
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a word derived from
fastidious.
Example Sentences
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My new fastidiousness is a surprise side effect of postretirement downsizing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
The overwhelming public perception of OCD is that it is an obsession with cleaning, tidying and symmetry, a fastidiousness seen in characters like Monica Geller from Friends.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
For the uninitiated, the precision of his compositions, the graceful drift of his camera movements and the fastidiousness of his musical choices can seem restrained to the point of stiffness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2023
In matters of law, however, isn’t fastidiousness — concern for accuracy and detail — what you want?
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2022
She remembers her husband’s fastidiousness, his war against germs.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
