as in careful
hard to please
cats have a reputation for being finicky eaters
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Recent Examples of finicky
Switching brands is easy, and customers are more finicky than ever.
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Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
But the spring portal can also be particularly finicky.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Keep in mind: Shipping fresh flowers can be finicky, especially to hundreds of stores across the country.
—Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
Onions of all kinds prefer a cool dry place, but some, like Vidalia onions, which contain more moisture, can be more finicky than others.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
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Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
But the spring portal can also be particularly finicky.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Keep in mind: Shipping fresh flowers can be finicky, especially to hundreds of stores across the country.
—Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
Onions of all kinds prefer a cool dry place, but some, like Vidalia onions, which contain more moisture, can be more finicky than others.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for finicky
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finicky
Adjective
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To remove the paint from hinge mortises, remove the hinges and scrape away the paint using a 5-in-1 tool or a chisel, being careful not to cut into the wood itself.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 May 2025
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
25 May 2025
Adjective
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Personally choosing to use less water is a nice start, but grander actions will be needed to effectively address the interrelated issues that drive the overuse of water.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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From the outside, Lyons’s house is a textbook Baltimore row home with a modest porch made for relaxing on a nice day or having a smoke while you people-watch.—
Lawrence Burney,
Pitchfork,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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What would the notoriously persnickety Corbitt say about those bold additions?—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
17 May 2025
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Jonathan Pryce plays the persnickety headmaster who prefers to keep politics outside the school walls.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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The Braves are not in a position to be picky about defense.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
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Sometimes gratitude came easily, such as when Deb helped their kids, who were picky eaters, become more adventurous.—
Rhaina Cohen,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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This year, in particular, organizers for pride events, including in San Francisco and Houston, are seeing corporate sponsors pull out or give less of financial support.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
28 May 2025
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Upon arrival, visitors can take a leisurely stroll along the shoreline and bask in the beauty of the many palm trees, while tiny fish and crustaceans can be found thriving within its natural rock pools—but there’s one animal in particular that draws visitors to Punaluʻu Beach in droves.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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But this approach is a bit fussy for me—I'd rather keep it low-key and bring as few valuables to the beach as possible.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
28 May 2025
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Compared to hearty, flexible grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot is the fussy artist in a world of engineers.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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Advertisement Advertisement Anderson has been accused of many things: putting style before substance, being too sardonic as to lack emotionality, leaning too hard into nostalgia, becoming too fastidious for his own good.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
30 May 2025
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In the past several weeks, President Donald Trump, who has never been fastidious about separating public and private business, has been involved in a remarkable number of potential conflicts of interest.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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The nausea is now mostly in the past, Lauren says, and the Lanes are realizing that getting ready for a third child isn’t as demanding as earlier preparations.—
Nancy Kruh,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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Work and home will be equally demanding, as Venus meets with Jupiter on June 4.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
27 May 2025
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“Finicky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finicky. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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