nitpicking

ˈnɪtpɪkɪŋ
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Translation of nitpicking from English into Dutch,

Noun

overly critical

US
excessive focus on small mistakes or unimportant details
US
  • Her nitpicking made group work frustrating.Haar muggenzifterij maakte samenwerken frustrerend.

Adjective

1.

fault-finding

finding small faults in an annoying way
  • Her nitpicking attitude made the team frustrated.Haar muggenzifterige houding maakte het team gefrustreerd.
2.

detail-focused

overly concerned with insignificant details
detailgericht overdreven precies
  • His nitpicking approach slowed down the project.Zijn detailgerichte aanpak vertraagde het project.
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Synonyms and analogies of nitpicking in English

Examples of nitpicking in a sentence

  • Nitpicking over grammar annoyed the students.
  • His nitpicking comments slowed down the project.
  • The nitpicking reviews were not helpful.
  • Her nitpicking comments frustrated everyone.
  • The nitpicking review delayed the publication.
nitpick
ˈnɪtpɪk
Verb

criticism

be overly critical of minor details
  • Stop nitpicking and look at the bigger picture.Stop met muggenziften en kijk naar het grotere geheel.

Translations of "nitpicking" in Context ordered by category and frequency

muggenziften

It could very well be I'm nitpicking here.

Het kan heel goed zijn dat ik hier aan 't muggenziften ben.

muggenzifterige

The boss's nitpicking nature frustrated everyone on the project.

De muggenzifterige aard van de baas frustreerde iedereen op het project.

mierenneuken

But in all honesty their retention is more than long enough so that's just nitpicking really.

Maar eerlijk gezegd is hun retentie meer dan genoeg dus dat is mierenneuken.

pietluttige

He has a nitpicking habit of pointing out trivial errors.

Hij heeft de pietluttige gewoonte om op ieder onbenullig foutje te wijzen.

vitten

In a relationship, it helps to pick battles instead of nitpicking constantly.

In een relatie helpt het om je gevechten te kiezen in plaats van voortdurend te vitten.

muggenzifterij

This appears to be semantic nitpicking but is in fact something big and important.

Dat lijkt linguïstische muggenzifterij te zijn, maar is in feite iets zeer groots en belangrijk.

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nitpicking: Examples and translations in context

You can't go through life nitpicking every little thing.

Je kunt niet door het leven gaan en over elk klein dingetje muggenziften.

Apologies for the nitpicking, but do you actually remember this?

Sorry voor het muggenziften, maar herinnert u zich dat echt?

That may sound like nitpicking, but it is the only way to create knowledge we can build on.

Dat kan als muggenziften overkomen, maar alleen zo ontwikkel je nieuwe kennis.

A glass of cava there would have it all made perfect, but that's nitpicking.

Een glaasje cava erbij zou het helemaal perfect gemaakt hebben maar dat is muggenziften.

This time we give up nitpicking in order just to let you savor the white-snow illustrations.

Deze keer stoppen we met muggenziften om jullie gewoon te laten genieten van de sneeuw witte illustraties.

The left has been rigid and obstructive, reducing the debate to a nitpicking exercise of comparative law, bargaining between national rules.

Links is daarentegen star en obstructief geweest, waardoor het debat werd gereduceerd tot een oefening in muggenziften over vergelijkend recht en onderhandelen over nationale regels.

His nitpicking feedback often focused on trivial mistakes in presentations.

Zijn muggenzifterige feedback richtte zich vaak op onbenullige foutjes in presentaties.

His nitpicking personality meant no detail was ever overlooked, no matter how small.

Door zijn muggenzifterige karakter bleef geen enkel detail onopgemerkt, hoe klein ook.

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