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Characterized by or fond of small and overfine distinctions

(of something abstract) Perceived only with attention to detail or subtlety

Of little value or importance

Behaving or acting in the manner of a pedant

Excessive concern with minor details and rules

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Adjective

Characterized by or fond of small and overfine distinctions

pass-remarkable

difficult to please

impossible to please

over-censorious

over-particular

easily disgusted

over-fastidious

on someone's back

particularized^US

selfdisciplined

particularised^UK

telling it like it is

going to great lengths

as it really happened

minding p's and q's

extremely careful

dotting the i's

crossing the t's

well thought-out

playing your cards close to your chest

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“Then they became immersed in hair-splitting debates about difficult ‘moral’ decisions but within a context where everything was justified if politically useful.”

Adjective

(of something abstract) Perceived only with attention to detail or subtlety

aesthetically pleasing

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Adjective

Of little value or importance

inconsequential

nickel-and-dime

of little account

not worth mentioning

twopenny-halfpenny

not worth bothering about

of no consequence

of little importance

of little consequence

of no importance

of minor importance

without rhyme or reason

not worth speaking of

of little import

unconsequential

hardly worth mentioning

neither here nor there

of no great concern

of no significance

beside the point

undistinguished

good-for-nothing

indistinguishable

underprivileged

dissatisfactory

undistinguishable

underrepresented

lower in status

no great shakes

lacking foundation

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

too little too late

of little worth

lacking substance

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

of less importance

of no earthly use

impossible to detect

hard to make out

without grounds

without foundation

counterproductive

in short supply

few and far between

thin on the ground

unrecognized^US

hard to come by

without success

in vicious circle

smallest amount of

unrecognised^UK

unsubstantiated

uninspirational

extremely small

invisible to the naked eye

barely perceptible

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Noun

Behaving or acting in the manner of a pedant

punctiliousness

Noun

Excessive concern with minor details and rules

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