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What is another word for
hairsplitting
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Noun
An unwillingness to settle for anything less than the best
Continual criticism, typically concerning trivial things
Fussiness or assiduousness
Adjective
Done or made with, or characterized by, care and precision
Inclined to find fault too readily
Placing undue emphasis on petty details
Adhering excessively to law
Academic in manner, often in an annoying or boring way
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▲
Noun
▲
An unwillingness to settle for anything less than the best
carping
quibbling
bickering
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
equivocation
faultfinding
nitpicking
pedantry
perfectionism
pettifoggery
pettiness
sophistry
fastidiousness
meticulousness
fussiness
criticism
pickiness
precision
literalism
dogmatism
exactness
punctiliousness
conscientiousness
formalism
overscrupulousness
finickiness
scrupulousness
purism
finicality
hair-splitting
fault-finding
captiousness
pomposity
rigorousness
casuistry
pettifogging
overnicety
laboriousness
pedagogery
pretension
unimaginativeness
thoroughness
care
carefulness
closeness
heedfulness
heed
pains
diligence
meticulosity
strictness
awareness
painstakingness
concern
consciousness
TLC
pain
spotlight
painstaking
vigorousness
more ❯
Noun
▲
Continual criticism, typically concerning trivial things
fault-finding
criticism
carping
niggling
captiousness
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
quibbling
bleating
complaining
griping
grumbling
hair-splitting
moaning
nitpicking
pedantry
whining
bellyaching
grouching
grousing
nagging
nit-picking
overnice
precision
literalism
dogmatism
exactness
punctiliousness
sophistry
formalism
overscrupulousness
finickiness
scrupulousness
purism
finicality
meticulousness
perfectionism
fastidiousness
pettifoggery
pomposity
casuistry
pettifogging
overnicety
laboriousness
pedagogery
pretension
unimaginativeness
thoroughness
conscientiousness
faultfinding
pettiness
equivocation
bickering
realism
representationalism
verismo
naturalism
verisimilitude
fussiness
rigorousness
more ❯
Noun
▲
Fussiness or assiduousness
fussiness
assiduousness
niceness
obsessiveness
pedantry
preciseness
prissiness
scrupulousness
trivialness
Adjective
▲
Done or made with, or characterized by, care and precision
fine
delicate
subtle
refined
exact
nuanced
nice
minute
hairline
finespun
precise
meticulous
exquisite
fine-drawn
accurate
dainty
narrow
close
detailed
abstruse
strict
hair-splitting
pinpoint
intricate
rigorous
careful
airy
elaborate
mathematical
orderly
fastidious
tenuous
faint
obscure
distinct
elusive
methodical
impalpable
trifling
esoteric
recondite
tiny
petty
cryptic
enigmatic
fine-spun
spot-on
ultra-fine
sensitive
precision
involved
fancy
soft
overnice
sophisticated
minuscule
well-made
well-crafted
well-executed
perfect
faultless
unerring
finicking
particular
finicky
painstaking
skillful
US
incorrupted
persnickety
dead on
skilful
UK
winning
thorough
nifty
superior
finical
elegant
light
graceful
ethereal
beautiful
gossamer
lovely
diaphanous
filmy
insubstantial
gossamery
thin
fragile
pleasing
attractive
tasteful
fine-grained
sheer
flimsy
gauzy
chiffony
floaty
threadlike
translucent
transparent
gauzelike
see-through
fluffy
vaporous
frail
lightweight
lacy
skimpy
pellucid
chiffon
unsubstantial
tiffany
stylish
very thin
cobwebby
subtile
permeable
deficient
gossamer-like
slight
cute
decorative
sweet
charming
aesthetic
UK
pretty
creative
delightful
ornamental
bonny
darling
esthetic
US
comely
grand
precious
picturesque
pictorial
artistic
stimulating
sublime
aesthetically pleasing
dinky
neat
wispy
gentle
silky
feathery
papery
recherche
choice
shimmering
wafer-thin
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Inclined to find fault too readily
overcritical
carping
critical
hypercritical
cavilling
UK
captious
censorious
judgemental
disparaging
niggling
judgmental
quibbling
disapproving
caviling
US
rejective
nitpicking
faultfinding
pernickety
condemning
nagging
reproachful
demanding
cavillous
censuring
particular
severe
contemptuous
overnice
stern
belittling
calumniatory
cutting
cynical
exceptive
sarcastic
judgy
derogatory
biting
choleric
critic
demeaning
harsh
humbling
lowering
satirical
scolding
sharp
trenchant
withering
fault-finding
pass-remarkable
hair-splitting
nit-picking
over-censorious
hard to please
pettifogging
pedantic
fussy
finicky
negative
picky
nit-picky
criticizing
US
exacting
fastidious
griping
punctilious
finical
overprecise
criticising
UK
perfectionist
tricky
difficult
over-rigorous
over-strict
overscrupulous
over-particular
casuistic
sophistical
sophistic
difficult to please
over-exacting
overexact
complaining
condemnatory
castigatory
reproving
denunciatory
on someone's back
deprecatory
scathing
deprecating
trifling
impossible to please
unfavourable
UK
unsympathetic
irritable
crabby
touchy
cantankerous
peevish
nitpicky
trivial
testy
perverse
petty
thorny
acrimonious
unfair
contrary
petulant
unjust
cross
unfavorable
US
bellyaching
prevaricative
evasive
elusive
whingeing
reprobatory
very critical
reprobative
ultra-critical
precise
precisionist
exact
meticulous
scrupulous
dogmatic
literalistic
literalist
scholastic
casuistical
formalist
purist
uncompromising
trying
importunate
strict
tough
intractable
clamorous
obstinate
tiresome
rigorous
dictatorial
overbearing
unaccommodating
querulous
imperious
inflexible
troublesome
insistent
overexacting
stringent
unbending
exigent
unamenable
unmanageable
fractious
hard
dainty
persnickety
choosy
hardheaded
unsparing
firm
sticklerish
stubborn
unflinching
stiff
unreasonable
obdurate
needy
possessive
over-fastidious
nice
painstaking
careful
faddish
hard to satisfy
hard-line
high-maintenance
serious
tyrannical
delicate
finicking
old-maidish
choosey
faddy
fussbudgety
fiddly
fine
detailed
hostile
discouraging
damning
unfriendly
antagonistic
accusing
adverse
pejorative
accusatory
poor
uncomplimentary
unflattering
denouncing
bad
injurious
inimical
jaundiced
low
naysaying
full of reproof
damnatory
grumbling
admonitory
adversarial
dissatisfied
vituperative
upbraiding
slating
knocking
adversary
pharisaic
disavowing
damaging
opposing
self-righteous
vicious
sharp-tongued
destructive
antipathetic
inhospitable
prejudicial
unhelpful
undermining
disobliging
invalidating
obstructive
counter
vexatious
discrediting
ill-disposed
corrosive
offensive
caustic
abrasive
disappointed
blameful
brusque
cruel
hurtful
accusive
abusive
proscriptive
grousing
grouchy
moaning
frowning
admonishing
opprobrious
incriminatory
whining
grouching
accusatorial
subtle
ambiguous
equivocal
bleating
boot-faced
disapprobatory
nasty
cursing
mean
slighting
berating
overrefined
unforgiving
displeased
shrewish
kvetching
jesuitical
reprehensive
culpatory
reprehending
reproaching
chiding
severely critical
mithering
chuntering
discontented
untoward
blunt
honest
candid
attacking
stark
straightforward
realistic
outspoken
insulting
straight from the shoulder
warts and all
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Placing undue emphasis on petty details
pettifogging
insignificant
trifling
petty
unimportant
paltry
minor
trivial
piddling
niggling
picayune
mean
casuistic
nit-picking
irrelevant
fiddling
silly
immaterial
pointless
piffling
nickel-and-dime
inessential
hair-splitting
time-wasting
non-essential
chicken
no-account
twopenny-halfpenny
inconsequential
piddly
nominal
penny-ante
peanut
negligible
pimping
slight
nugatory
measly
minute
worthless
inconsiderable
fussy
small-bore
niggly
de minimis
Mickey Mouse
not worth bothering about
not worth mentioning
footling
of little account
small
frivolous
little
incidental
foolish
small-fry
of no account
derisory
pitiful
light
pathetic
puny
poxy
shallow
tiny
inappreciable
minuscule
insubstantial
miserable
idle
inferior
exiguous
secondary
mingy
dinky
lesser
valueless
subordinate
casual
lower
beggarly
marginal
junior
contemptible
shoestring
base
inconsequent
scratch
cheap
of no consequence
of little consequence
of little importance
two-bit
picky
quibbling
futile
superficial
empty
potty
cavilling
UK
finicky
useless
peripheral
caviling
US
subsidiary
vain
hollow
loitering
jejune
inane
idling
vapid
insipid
banal
pitiable
wretched
sorry
no big deal
no big thing
meaningless
meager
US
scanty
nonessential
flimsy
trite
ignorable
everyday
diminutive
microscopic
meagre
UK
beside the point
skin-deep
of no importance
token
shabby
unconsiderable
small-time
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Adhering excessively to law
legalistic
contentious
literal
narrow
strict
disputatious
litigious
narrow-minded
polemical
Adjective
▲
Academic in manner, often in an annoying or boring way
inkhorn
pedantic
abstruse
academic
arid
bookish
didactic
doctrinaire
donnish
dry
dull
egotistic
erudite
formal
formalistic
fussy
learned
literary
nit-picking
ostentatious
overnice
particular
pedagogic
pedantical
pompous
priggish
punctilious
scholastic
schoolish
sententious
stilted
instructive
enlightening
instructional
educational
informative
informational
moralistic
educative
edifying
moralizing
US
illuminating
preachy
homiletic
expository
sermonic
homiletical
doctrinal
preceptive
improving
heuristic
tuitional
propaedeutic
teaching
advisory
schoolmasterly
sermonizing
US
moral
teacherly
teacherish
teachy
exhortative
moralising
UK
schoolmasterist
hortative
sermonising
UK
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