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pilkunviilaus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • nitpicking noun The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.

Senses

pilkunviilaus is used for these senses in English:

  • nitpicking (figuratively, by extension) A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.
  • split hairs (idiomatic) Tedious details; minutiae.

nitpicking — full definition

  1. noun The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
  2. noun A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.
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