His constant nitpicking annoyed the team.
他不停地挑毛病让团队感到厌烦。
Select the best synonym for the word “nitpicking”:
A — fault-finding. “nitpicking” means n. the act of looking for small or unimportant errors or faults
His endless ______ over tiny errors slowed the whole busy team down.
D — nitpicking. “nitpicking” means n. the act of looking for small or unimportant errors or faults
nitpicking — n. the act of looking for small or unimportant errors or faults. In Chinese: 吹毛求疵.
nitpicking is pronounced /ˈnɪtpɪkɪŋ/. It breaks into 3 syllables: nit · pick · ing.
His constant nitpicking annoyed the team. (他不停地挑毛病让团队感到厌烦。)
quibbling, carping, fault-finding — all close in meaning to nitpicking (n. the act of looking for small or unimportant errors or faults).
Yes. nitpicking appears on the iSEE Vocab Basic list, which covers 2445 words for the ISEE and SSAT.