Pedantic (Adjective)
Meaning
Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The professor's pedantic explanation of the historical event focused so intently on minute details that it lost the class's interest.
- Her pedantic correction of his trivial mistake made the conversation feel stilted and awkward.
- His pedantic analysis of the novel neglected its lyrical beauty in favor of nitpicking over minor inconsistencies.
- The pedantic tone of the article made it more tedious than enlightening, bogged down in unnecessary technicalities.
- As a pedantic editor, she was notorious for catching errors that no one else would ever notice.