nitpick

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.

   Someone will invariably nitpick about any spelling error posted to the forums.

2. verb To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair. I nitpicked his hair.
3. noun A quibble about a minor mistake or fault.

   I have a few nitpicks about the grammar in your report.

Similar words

carping pettifogging quibbling caviling critical pick holes pettyfog petty-fog pick fault criticize

Often followed by

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Word family

nit-picking nitpicked nitpicker nitpickers nitpicking nitpicks nitpicky