Usually means: Person who criticizes small details.
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  5. nitpicker: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  10. nitpicker: FreeDictionary.org
  11. nitpicker: Mnemonic Dictionary
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▸ noun:  One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).

Similar:
precisionist, critic, neatnik, precisian, hairsplitter, pedant, criticizer, nutpicker, detailist, splitter, more...

Opposite:
careless, easygoing, laid-back, relaxed

Types:
perfectionist, over-thinker, anal-retentive, picky, fussy, more...

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Similar:
precisionist, critic, neatnik, precisian, hairsplitter, pedant, criticizer, nutpicker, detailist, splitter, more...

Opposite:
careless, easygoing, laid-back, relaxed

Types:
perfectionist, over-thinker, anal-retentive, picky, fussy, more...



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