nit-pick

verb

1. informal,  to raise petty objections or concern oneself with insignificant details

Example Sentences

When the result is far more important than the performance, it would be churlish to nit-pick too much.

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"There's a lot of things to nit-pick in the camp leading up to the fight and also in my performance," Joyce says.

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"Some goalkeepers get pumped up before the games and people say it is a bit too much. When you are playing well, no-one picks at these things. As soon as you start not playing well, everyone starts to nit-pick at things."

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If anything, one might nit-pick Mr. Youngkin for saying something so bland and obvious that it fails to define who he is as a political candidate.

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You could nit-pick his quarterbacking, but Wilson’s devotion to the Seahawks and the manner in which he conducted his business were beyond reproach.

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