1
as in choosey
hard to please
a picky cat who would only eat one particular kind of food, and only if it was served in his special dish
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as in selective
tending to select carefully
she's picky, but she always finds the best quality in fresh meat and fish
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Recent Examples of picky
At this point, San Francisco cannot afford to be that picky.
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Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Being selective or picky, is a normal part of dating.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The marketplace comes at a time when the retailer has dealt with a pickier consumer and a decline in tech upgrades after a boost during the pandemic, resulting in its annual sales declining over the past three years.
—Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Over the years, she’s learned how to turn picky eaters into adventurous ones.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
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Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Being selective or picky, is a normal part of dating.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The marketplace comes at a time when the retailer has dealt with a pickier consumer and a decline in tech upgrades after a boost during the pandemic, resulting in its annual sales declining over the past three years.
—Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Over the years, she’s learned how to turn picky eaters into adventurous ones.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picky
Adjective
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Synchronization of provable time, cross-chain event logic, enforceable legal state, and selective disclosure is the harder frontier.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The firm advises being selective among issuers and sectors, and emphasizes sound credit analysis.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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LinkedIn's algorithm is choosy.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Known for being among the choosiest of the choosy buildings and the longtime home of Henry Kissinger, whose sprawling duplex, full of green upholstery and black candles — very Sister Parish — has yet to come on the market since his death.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
13 Aug. 2025
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Arabica is a notoriously finicky crop.—
Alex Mayyasi,
Saveur,
10 Sep. 2025
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Natural dyes tend to be costlier and more finicky, less stable.—
Alina Selyukh,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But Eliasen is careful not to let scope creep derail initial implementations.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Giving Wickham a nice holiday tan would be a bridge too far for the genteel world of Jane Austen.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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Some decisions are prudent, such as the Las Vegas Raiders to defeat the New England Patriots at a nice underdog price.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Also, the Jackpot Roll at enso sushi will satisfy the fussiest pescatarians, as will the Poke Bowl surrounded by edamame and kaiware sprouts.—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Instead, those ambitions have been stifled—partly because the university is a fussy place and partly because Harold is just too weird to fit in.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But Wilson is in his comfort zone as ever with Anderson, playing Francis’s persnickety dedication to the trip’s itinerary with his typical generosity.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
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What would the notoriously persnickety Corbitt say about those bold additions?—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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During World War I, between shifts as an emergency ambulance driver in France, Richardson calculated how the local weather would evolve over six hours, starting with the atmospheric conditions provided by weather balloon observations on a particular morning in 1910.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Playing an instrument, in particular, engages every facet of your brain.—
Ayana Underwood,
SELF,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Picky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picky. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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