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# fussiness

«fussiness» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being hard to please, especially about food, clothes or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (fussiness — usually uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being hard to please, especially about food, clothes or how things are done. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fussiness/#m1)

2) Worrying too much about small details. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fussiness/#m2)

3) Having too much decoration, so something looks busy and fiddly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fussiness/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life «fussiness» usually means fussy eating, refusing foods. In stories it shows a character who is picky or anxious about small things. In art and design it criticises too many decorations. Phrases: fussiness about food, a fussy eater, without fussiness.

### examples

- My little brother's fussiness about food drives Mum mad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fussiness/#x1)
- The cat's fussiness means it only eats one brand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fussiness/#x2)
- Her fussiness about tidy desks helps our group stay organised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fussiness/#x3)
- The teacher said the poster had too much fussiness and needed fewer colours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fussiness/#x4)
- Dad's fussiness over the car makes him wash it every Sunday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fussiness/#x5)
- Fussiness at dinner can mean missing out on new tastes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fussiness/#x6)
- Grandpa laughs at his own fussiness about the remote control. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fussiness/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «his fussiness», not «a fussiness». Made from «fussy» (y → i + -ness). Similar words: pickiness, being choosy. It is not always bad: careful fussiness can stop mistakes.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fussiness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fussiness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.