as in careful
hard to please
he is very fastidious about how he arranges his music collection, and woe to anyone who dares to mess around with it
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Recent Examples of fastidious
That said, baseball is also a baffling sport played by fastidious people with numerous eccentricities and superstitions.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
The play, about a fanciful tour guide of a dull and stately English country house who runs into conflict with a factually fastidious official at the historic property, was almost immaterial.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
The hike to the top is a short but fastidious one with the most incredible views.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
There’s Jobs, of course — the genius behind Apple’s world-dominant success, who was also an exhaustingly fastidious person prone to yelling at subordinates.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
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Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
The play, about a fanciful tour guide of a dull and stately English country house who runs into conflict with a factually fastidious official at the historic property, was almost immaterial.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
The hike to the top is a short but fastidious one with the most incredible views.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
There’s Jobs, of course — the genius behind Apple’s world-dominant success, who was also an exhaustingly fastidious person prone to yelling at subordinates.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fastidious
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These things make Istanbul a great place to get high-quality hair transplants at low prices, but patients need to be careful to avoid secret risks.Ethan Stone, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
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Making these breads takes over 72 hours of slow and careful workmanship.Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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The Panthers defense should provide a nice opportunity for a big game.Andy Scholes, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Build your authority on LinkedIn: strategies from leading coaches Share client transformations with meaning Stories are nice, but including client wins inspires action.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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This is especially true if a maker has a particular project or range of projects in mind.Bob Beacham, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
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As part of that process, the city is in regular contact with TxDOT about current and future needs and fixes with respect to road design and infrastructure, in particular through the 620 widening project.Glen Koen, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Target missed the mark, while Walmart nailed it — a difference that partly comes down to bargain-hungry customers’ finicky appetites for nonessentials, analysts say.Rob Wile, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2024
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The joystick works fine, but the double-tap gesture to switch between noise cancellation and transparency modes can be a bit finicky.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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The painter’s attempts to capture reality — so exacting, so careful, so prepared — end in what looks like failure.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024
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The French have the historical edge, at least of topiary in its most exacting forms, with the grand formal gardens at the Palace of Versailles and swaths of rounded, bubbling topiary at the gardens of Marqueyssac.Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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This one is handwoven, with meticulous attention to detail at the forefront.Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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My meticulous wordsmithing wasn’t an attempt to attract the perfect partner.Allie Volpe, Vox, 14 Nov. 2024
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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
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Whether in a straight-to-streaming release, an arthouse sleeper hit, or a studio blockbuster, every actor has to start somewhere; rookies in Hollywood rarely have the privilege of being picky.James Mercadante, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Americans are not only picky about what goes between the slices of bread in a sandwich.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Fastidious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fastidious. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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