Used in a Sentence

nits

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for nits.

Editorial note

What it's telling us is that the evidence is that most people kind of like their own programming language and want to modify nits.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The egg of a louse.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of nits gathered in one view.

noun

The egg of a louse.

noun

A young louse.

noun

A minor shortcoming; the object of a nitpick.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for nits.

noun

The egg of a louse.

noun

A young louse.

noun

A minor shortcoming; the object of a nitpick.

noun

A nitpicker.

Example sentences

1

What it's telling us is that the evidence is that most people kind of like their own programming language and want to modify nits.

2

I don't mean to be critical, it's just that code reviews only ever contain nits.

3

Not to pick nits, but could you elaborate on how you manage 20 unix servers with a managed host?

4

This may be picking nits, but HM could not create new long term episodic memories.

5

He concluded that he needs to move faster on the big picture, rather than haggling the correct protocol for picking of nits.

6

But this filtering by IITs/NITs/BITs shows - how out of touch they are.

7

Some nits: * Pendlay rows are misspelled as 'pendelay.' * Treadmill running prompts for reps and weight, when any two of distance/time/speed would be best.

8

Since these arguments are inherently over nits, a couple of points: - He didn't have to open his mouth, since he had already opened his wallet.

9

Saturday is definitely the best day to discover that I left nits unpicked.

10

I have two kind of nits with this logic, but I could totally be wrong, and you should feel absolutely free to correct me.

11

We brought our own vision of a web ui to the project, and we could have gotten bogged down defending technology decisions, and philosophical nits.

12

If we're going to pick nits and be rigorous, his function fails big time at x=0 and x<0, and for x=\pm \infty as well as NaN.

Quote examples

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This looks useful -- wish it had a better name ("klavado.com" might not be that easy for English users to remember.) Minor nits: Would be nice if "end" was obviously optional, and start could start at a more intuitive time than midnight.

Proper noun examples

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Nits: In the past, the argument was that it wasn't infringing if the person who wanted to exercise gun rights wasn't a member of a militia.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use nits in a sentence?

What it's telling us is that the evidence is that most people kind of like their own programming language and want to modify nits.

What does nits mean?

The egg of a louse.

What part of speech is nits?

nits is commonly used as noun.