Meaning of nitpicking | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
   countable, uncountable
2. A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.
   broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable

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Examples

“"Of all life's pleasures, I like nitpicking the best." -- Wally in Dilbert”

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