pernickety

🇺🇸 /pərˈnɪkəti/ 🇬🇧 /pəˈnɪkəti/
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adjective
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being overly concerned with minor details

My neighbor is so pernickety about his garden that he spends hours each day tending to it.

translation

adj. being overly concerned with minor details