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Matt Roush: I say you're being a bit nitpicky, which is not the way to be watching Terra Nova, a show that pretty much demands you relax the critical part of the brain to sit back and enjoy a harmless hour of fantasy adventure.

Ask Matt: Big Bang, Grey's, Glee, Terra Nova and More! 2011

That one wasn't ugly or funny; it seems kind of nitpicky to call it a wreck.

The Princess Bridal Cakes 2010

Yet "nitpicky" is how Lester described the inspectors as he sipped coffee one recent afternoon.

Mine safety often a battle between regulators and companies 2010

Yet "nitpicky" is how Lester described the inspectors as he sipped coffee one recent afternoon.

Mine safety often a battle between regulators and companies 2010

She has been bringing raisin pies to the church for more than a decade and says she thought the women's kitchens "are probably a lot cleaner than some restaurants," but might not meet "nitpicky" requirements.

Pennsylvania Pie Fight: State Cracks Down on Baked Goods 2009

You have more patience than I do -- I couldn't deal with that kind of nitpicky criticism.

Visits 2006

I just find it stunning that they are each choosing to close out this campaign on a kind of a "got you" nitpicky "John Kerry said terrorism is a nuisance," "what did President Bush say about Social Security."

CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2004 2004

WOODWARD: Yes, but, you see -- if I may interrupt, Senator Kerrey -- the problem in this is this kind of nitpicky, legalistic, let's-follow-the-rules.

CNN Transcript - CNN Late Edition: The Florida Recount: Election 2000 Heads to Florida Supreme Court - November 19, 2000 2000

One of the reasons this is a problem that shouldn’t be ignored or dismissed as much ado about nothing is that each little so-called nitpicky problem compounds the big problem of racism.

Bill Clinton Lunches With Whites. Also, Firedoglake sucks. 2006

He says that basically while Brad Evans did take the throw in up field, that happens all the time in soccer and you can't be "nitpicky" about when you call it.

Soccer Blogs - latest posts Down the Byline 2010