nitpicking
nit·pic·king
adjective
1.
quibbling over insignificant details
- “caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders” Edmund Burke
- “her nagging and carping attack”
- “thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking”
- “a pettifogging lawyer”
- “;”
Origin
From nit + picking.
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