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nit-picking

 noun
     
nit-picking [uncountable] informal
when someone argues about small unimportant details or tries to find small mistakes in something:
Soames was getting impatient with his daughter's constant nitpicking.
—nitpicking adjective
—nitpicker noun [countable]
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