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nitpickings

nitpickings is the plural of nitpicking.

Meaning of nitpicking

Noun

nitpicking (countable and uncountable, plural nitpickings)

  1. The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) 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.
    • "Of all life's pleasures, I like nitpicking the best." -- Wally in Dilbert

Questions about nitpickings

What is nitpickings the plural of?
Nitpickings is the plural of nitpicking.

Words near nitpickings in the dictionary

  1. nitpickier
  2. nitpickiest
  3. nitpickiness
  4. nitpicking
  5. nitpickingly
  6. nitpickings
  7. nitpickish
  8. nitpicks
  9. nitpicky
  10. nitr-
  11. nitracaine

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