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হোমঅভিধানNnitpicking

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এই এন্ট্রিটি এখনও আপনার ভাষায় অনুবাদ করা হয়নি, তাই নিচে মূল লেখাটি দেখানো হচ্ছে।

nitpicking

Excessively focused on small, insignificant faults or trivial errors. / The act of criticizing someone for very small or unimportant mistakes.
AdjectiveNoun

This term carries a strong negative connotation, suggesting a level of scrutiny that is not only unnecessary but actively irritating. It describes a mindset where the pursuit of perfection becomes an obstacle to progress, shifting the focus from the overall quality of a work to irrelevant minutiae.

As a noun, the word is uncountable. It describes a general behavior or a continuous process of criticism rather than individual instances of fault-finding. Consequently, it cannot be pluralized and requires partitive constructions if one wishes to refer to a specific occurrence, such as a piece of nitpicking.

Meanings

Adjective
[~ behavior][~ comments]

Excessively focused on small, insignificant faults or trivial errors.

The editor was so nitpicking that he spent an hour arguing over a single comma.

Noun

The act of criticizing someone for very small or unimportant mistakes.

Examples

Stop being so nitpicking about the font size.

フォントサイズについてそんなに細かく指摘するのはやめてください。

Office

会議のたびに彼が細かいことに口を出すのが耐えられない。

Business

She has a nitpicking habit that drives her coworkers crazy.

彼女には同僚をイライラさせる、重箱の隅をつつくような癖がある。

Office

Please ignore the nitpicking comments in the margin of your essay.

エッセイの余白にある、些細なミスへの指摘は無視していいですよ。

School Life

Enough with the nitpicking already.

もう細かい指摘は十分だ。

彼は主旨に集中せず、一時間ずっと私のプレゼンの細かいミスを指摘していた。

Business

Why are you nitpicking every single word I say?

なぜ私の言うこと一つひとつにいちいちケチをつけるの?

The editor was known for her nitpicking approach to grammar.

その編集者は文法に対する非常に細かいこだわりで知られていた。

I dont want to sound like I am nitpicking but there is a typo on page three.

細かいことを言いたくないのですが、3ページ目に誤字があります。

Office

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