1. the act of finding fault with minor or trivial details; nitpicking
Usage: informal

1. to find fault with or criticize minor or trivial details; to nitpick
Usage: informal; present participle of flyspeck

Examples

• Stop flyspecking every little mistake in the report.
• The editor was flyspecking the manuscript, objecting to every comma.
• Instead of flyspecking the proposal, focus on the main issues.
• He spent hours flyspecking the contract for minor errors.
• The committee was accused of flyspecking rather than addressing substantive concerns.
• Don't waste time flyspecking trivial details when there are bigger problems to solve.