What's a word to describe someone who pays too much attention to detail and misses the big picture?
Preferably an adjective. Like meticulous for example, except not the word meticulous.
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2007-11-19 18:58:13 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
persnickety or finicky. And both are adjectives.
2007-11-19 21:24:36 · answer #1 · answered by beejay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are critics who thrive on technical details and then there are philosophers that reach beyond all details. I will use art as an example, but I realize the question has a wide range of provocative reach. When I go to the art gallery, I can't tell a feather pen stroke from a camel hair fine point or much else about what was used to create a masterpiece. I do, however, lose myself inside the painting and feel as I am part of the display and my senses coupled with my emotions, powered by my instincts, give me a terrific message of belonging. That is if I like what I see, (the big picture) on the other hand, if I am not drawn inside and can't associate with what my senses pick up, then it may be more or less meaningless to me regardless of detail or effort. I see some multimillion dollar paintings that don't do a thing for me and again, I see a crayon drawing by a third grader that brings tears to my eyes. To answer your question in a couple words. It depends. The books I have written get the same range of responses., everything from, "Once I opened the book, I read all night through' or "I thought the first chapter was boring and too slow" I get enough responses and feedback that I have learned there will be people who will be drawn inside my writings and then there are others. It depends.
2016-05-24 07:23:34 · answer #2 · answered by venus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pernickety
2007-11-19 23:52:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Trivial
2007-11-19 19:37:54 · answer #4 · answered by Kirsten 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Narrow-minded; short-sighted; obsessed; facetious.
2007-11-19 22:52:31 · answer #5 · answered by Robert C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pedantic, punctilious, anal-retentive, hairsplitting, tedious - overly concerned with minute details or formalisms
2007-11-19 21:33:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe , he who is over zealous. But not a perfectionist.
2007-11-19 19:42:41 · answer #7 · answered by johnny N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scrupulous , fastidious , punctilious.
2007-11-19 19:13:12 · answer #8 · answered by Ken-Eros 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
picayunish
2007-11-19 19:10:42 · answer #9 · answered by treebird 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
knit (picker)
2007-11-19 19:02:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋