as in careful
hard to please
cats have a reputation for being finicky eaters
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Recent Examples of finicky
Now it has become woven into the fabric of Wall Street and the broader public markets, bringing a whole new set of finicky players to the table.
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Emily Nicolle, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
Wispy ’90s bangs are notoriously finicky—they’re so lightweight that the slightest brush against your forehead can leave them greasy and flat.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2025
Arriving is primary Ladonna with about half of the world’s most finicky eaters.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025
California renters are finicky customers, changing apartments far more often than the typical American tenant.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finicky
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
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These soft and chewy treats are the result of dozens of careful recipe tests.—
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The suede upper is also a nice departure from classic leather on other styles.—
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Monogramming linens and towels is always a nice touch.—
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The champion’s mindset—persnickety, hyper-critical, focused—is back.—
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Because of that pressurization level, passengers will experience less stress on their bodies and get more oxygen while onboard, which can help to reduce that persnickety jet lag.—
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My picky kids specifically ask for this.—
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Vionic Kimmie Court Sneakers This Vionic Galia sneaker sale is so good that my picky 60-year-old mom and I are both running to checkout.—
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Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp wanted an appropriate goodbye with one Hawkins resident in particular as the sci-fi series concluded last month.—
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Your fourth tip centers on diet quality, in particular cutting out ultraprocessed foods.—
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The pool has a shallow area to splash around in, and chefs are happy to work around fussy palates.—
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For an even less fussy, truly local experience, there’s Dave’s Last Resort, one of South Florida’s favorite dive bars, where the seafood’s always fresh and the game’s always on.—
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As the night stretched on, a festive atmosphere took hold; one table whooped as an erstwhile fastidious bartender joined them for a shot and returned to the counter, high-fiving his colleagues.—
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Obviously, fastidious double-entry bookkeeping reduces the margin for error, even in complicated accounts, but more than that, once accounts become commonplace, ordinary people begin to think of the world in terms of accounts.—
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Philadelphia first tried the 24-year-old at center but eventually moved him to the wing, presumably because of his struggles in the faceoff circle (just 39 percent of draws won) and because the wing is a less demanding defensive position.—
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Both must meet demanding performance standards, operate on efficient edge-compute systems, deliver provable safety, and scale in a commercially viable way.—
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“Finicky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finicky. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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