Is Nitpicky a Word?

Nitpick (or nit-pick) is a verb meaning to point out the very minor flaws or mistakes in something, or to criticize it in this way. Nit-picky turns this action into an adjective. It is sometimes seen without a hyphen (nitpicky).

Is it OK to say nitpick?

Johnson is encouraged to proceed with his nit picking.” ... Although these terms were often hyphenated or written as two words in the past, “nitpick,” “nitpicker,” and “nitpicking” are usually single words today.

Is nitpick hyphenated?

To nitpick means to complain or criticize something or someone over insignificant details. Nitpick is a verb, related words are nitpicks, nitpicked, nitpicking, nitpicker, nitpicky. Nitpick is occasionally found hyphenated, as in nit-pick, but the hyphenated form is found less and less.

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