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Raise petty objections
Answer for the clue "Raise petty objections ", 7 letters:
nitpick
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Word definitions for nitpick in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"seek petty faults," also nit-pick , 1962, back-formation from earlier nitpicker . Related: Nitpicking ; nitpicky .
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To correct minutiae or find fault in unimportant details; to kvetch.
Usage examples of nitpick.
The result of all this misguided hysteria, say the Version A advocates, the Deregulators, is the mushrooming of giant bureaucracies whose sole effect is to hog tie business with red tape and maddening, nitpicking regulations.
I think there might be real promise in game designs that offer less of a sense of nitpicking mastery and control, and more of a sense of sleaziness and bluesiness and smokiness.