Nitpick Meaning in English

word

US

ˈnɪtpɪk

NIT-pik

UK

nˈɪtpɪk

NIT-pik

التعريف

To criticize small or unimportant details, often in a way that seems unnecessary or overly picky.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Usually informal and sometimes negative—a 'nitpicker' is a person who does this. Commonly used as: 'to nitpick about/over (something)'. Implies being overly critical, beyond what is reasonable.

• Spanish: buscar errores menores - criticar detalles pequeños
• Portuguese (BR): implicar-se em detalhes - criticar minúcias
• Portuguese (PT): implicar-se em detalhes - criticar minudências
• Chinese (Simplified): 吹毛求疵 - 挑剔
• Chinese (Traditional): 吹毛求疵 - 挑剔
• Hindi: छोटी छोटी कमियाँ निकालना
• Arabic: التدقيق في التفاصيل الصغيرة - التفتيش عن الأخطاء الصغيرة
• Bengali: নিতান্ত ছোটখাট খুঁত ধরা - ছোটখাটো দোষ খোঁজা
• Russian: придираться к мелочам - искать недостатки
• Japanese: 細かいことにこだわる - 重箱の隅をつつく
• Vietnamese: bới lông tìm vết - soi mói tiểu tiết
• Korean: 사소한 것을 트집잡다 - 꼬치꼬치 따지다
• Turkish: kusur bulmak (küçük ayrıntılarda)
• Urdu: چھوٹی چھوٹی باتوں میں نقص نکالنا
• Indonesian: mencari-cari kesalahan kecil - mengkritik hal sepele

جمل نموذجية

Please don't nitpick every little thing I do.

basic

My teacher tends to nitpick about grammar mistakes.

basic

Try not to nitpick during group projects.

basic

He always finds something to nitpick about at meetings.

natural

Stop nitpicking and look at the bigger picture.

natural

My dad likes to nitpick over how I load the dishwasher.

natural