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
That fastidiousness has not stopped the lexical war over his work in recent months, as judges across the country read opposite meanings into “rebellion.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
Still, my radically different experience raises the question: By our obsessions and fastidiousness, are we engendering in our kids the very questions we are hellbent to prevent?
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2022
She found his fastidiousness and complete lack of humor touching and longed to introduce him to the idea of delight.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
