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How to pronounce “fastidious”
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Pronunciation guide for fastidious
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of fastidious with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Tiago Forte
for being too nerdy about this or being too fastidious.
- Definition summary
- Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
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How to pronounce fastidious
Tiago Forte

for being too nerdy about this or being too fastidious.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “fastidious”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
- Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness.
- Difficult to please; quick to find fault.
- (microbiology, of a microorganism) Having precise requirements for nutrition and environment (chemical and physical); especially, being difficult to culture because of those requirements.
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