fussy
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“Guyana might be a little bit too light for them to want to ramp up, but you know, a liquid barrel is a liquid barrel, so maybe they won’t be too fussy about the quality.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
Such musings are engaging, though they can also seem fussy and evasive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
She said the rescue centre received a lot of negative comments and abuse online because people thought it was the rescue being "fussy or difficult".
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
That style also means that “Dust Bunny” is quite fussy and mannered and if you don’t buy in on the film’s arch humor and stylized world, you’re liable to bounce right off of it.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
“Maybe she’s fussy, but she’s a good housekeeper. That’s why the hotel hired her, which was lucky for us. She really needed the job.”
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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