nitpicked

Found trivial faults

Nitpicked is the past tense of nitpick, meaning to criticize by focusing on trivial faults or minor details.

The image is of picking nits—louse eggs—from hair, a painstaking process requiring obsessive attention to tiny things.

The editor nitpicked every comma.

She nitpicked his proposal until he gave up.

criticism

quibble

Trivial objection raised

cavilPetty objection
carpingTrivial persistent criticism
faultfindingSeeking out imperfections

hair-splitting · pettifogging · niggling · captious · hypercritical · censorious · pedantic · picayune · trivial · petty

meticulousness

scrupulous

Thorough and principled

thoroughComplete in every detail
preciseExactly correct, no error
meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail

punctilious · exacting · fastidious · painstaking · rigorous · conscientious · particular · perfectionist · attentive · detailed

trivialities

minutiae

Petty precise particulars

trivialitiesInsignificant matters
technicalitiesSmall procedural details
fine printMiniature contractual text

minor details · pedantry · trifles · specifics · particulars · niceties · subtleties · splitting hairs · small stuff

Categories

humiliationashamed, abasement, embarrassed, chagrin, mortified
speech verbssaid, says, asked, answered, replied

Opposites

scrutiny level

nitpickedoverlooked

Not noticed or considered

ignored · disregarded · glossed over · let slide · skimmed

evaluative tone

nitpickedpraised

Expressed approval of

lauded · applauded · celebrated · commended · extolled

Family

nitpick, nitpicking, nitpicks, nitpicker, nitpickers

Familiarity: Top 100,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G