fussiness

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What we call "fussiness" with a disapproving tone, is often anxiety and sensitivity, says consultant counselling psychologist Dr Ritika Suk Birah.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

She criticized the CDC for glossing over side effects such as fever, sleepiness and fussiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

But get past the fussiness, and what you’ve got is a sauce that’s endlessly remixable: spicy, frothy, airy, even salad-dressing-adjacent.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025

Researchers found that 60% of infants whose parents had to switch formulas had experienced issues such as fussiness, gas, spit-up, constipation and diarrhea.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2024

Park was a dignified man in his midforties, but the linguistic fussiness annoyed and embarrassed Shin.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden