gnat-straining
Fuss or importance placed on trivial things, to the exclusion of more significant mattersFuss or importance placed on trivial things, to the exclusion of more significant matters.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Fuss or importance placed on trivial things, to the exclusion of more significant matters.
Origin
From gnat + straining.From gnat + straining.
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedgnat-strain
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable