as in careful
hard to please
cats have a reputation for being finicky eaters
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Recent Examples of finicky
So, see ya, thirsty lawns and farewell, finicky flowers!
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2025
This digital control system replaces finicky analog adjustments with simple voltage pulses, enabling error correction via measurements rather than complex rotations.
—Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Forget about pricey extensions or finicky falsies in lieu of this formula that shoppers say has the same results.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Of course, trying to observe finicky birds in remote habitats full of uncontrollable variables may mean that this particular test would not be resolved anytime soon.
—Jason Bittel, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2025
This digital control system replaces finicky analog adjustments with simple voltage pulses, enabling error correction via measurements rather than complex rotations.
—Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Forget about pricey extensions or finicky falsies in lieu of this formula that shoppers say has the same results.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Of course, trying to observe finicky birds in remote habitats full of uncontrollable variables may mean that this particular test would not be resolved anytime soon.
—Jason Bittel, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finicky
Adjective
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These concerns underscore the need for careful consideration of privacy rights when deploying such technology.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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And sure enough, massive tariffs seemed to roll back and end in more careful negotiations thus far.—
Anna Commander,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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After spending the last two seasons together at the University of Minnesota, it’s been nice having each other to lean on — and to geek out with.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Not easy to do, but nice to come through tonight.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Kurkdjian’s policies as head of the department reflect both a persnickety attention to detail and an obsession with creative autonomy.—
Rachel Syme,
The New Yorker,
16 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Gregory’s picky eating has been a long-running gag on the show, but when Erica bails on a hard-to-get reservation, Barbara encourages Gregory to fill in so Janine doesn’t have to cancel.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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Van Pay and Baumert are picky about words.—
Jack Truesdale,
The Atlantic,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Black women in particular have been using tools like flexi rods for generations.—
Bella Cacciatore,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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Javadi, in particular, seems unsure whether this experience has discouraged her from pursuing a career in emergency medicine.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This is a modern American restaurant with playful seasonal tasting menus that start at $135, a good value for those who want a fine-dining experience that isn’t overly fussy on the Strip.—
Andy Wang,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Although anyone can injure a baby in a moment of frustration, most prevention research has focused specifically on helping parents understand why infants cry or become fussy.—
Lori Frasier,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Zink, who has lived in and around that city for many years, catalogs the ghosts that haunt it with a voice that is cool and fastidious and possessed of a screwball comic sensibility rooted in pain.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The exhaustingly prolific Kidman stars as a fastidious suburban teacher/wife/mom who suspects her optometrist hubby (Macfadyen) is hiding something from her and enlists the help of a cute high school shop teacher (Bernal) to expose those secrets in the very strange town of Holland, Michigan.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In the last two decades, the number of hospitals and diagnostic centers has already increased sixfold, and there’s room for many more, particularly those that value quality, which patients are increasingly demanding and becoming aware of.—
Sylvana Quader Sinha,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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In making such a claim, Bonhoeffer moved the aim of conscience away from obedience to rational principles and to the more demanding and concrete love for God and one’s living, breathing, suffering neighbor.—
David DeCosse,
Mercury News,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Finicky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finicky. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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