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• n  someone who makes small and unjustified criticisms

• He is a nitpicker and a pest.
• Inevitably, Rogers must have considered me an egotistical nitpicker who ruined his relations with the President; I tended to view him as a neophyte who threatened the careful .
• Israel's Menachem Begin, fierce fighter turned tough negotiator, created the ceremony's touch of humor by kidding himself as a legal nitpicker.

News & Articles

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• High-school baseball | Newark Catholic 9, Convoy Crestview 1: Green Wave dominates all phases to reach final
  The high-school baseball coaching fraternity has no greater nitpicker than John Cannizzaro of Newark Catholic, but even he had difficulty finding a speck of lint yesterday after a Division IV state tournament semifinal.
  June 8, 2013 - The Columbus Dispatch

Quotes

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• Chin-Ning Chu in Hindu
  The woman from Mars is a nitpicker. Her need for perfection makes her intolerant of everything,explains Chin. "Women from Mars lead by intimidation and by instilling fear in their employees."