gnat-strain

English

Etymology

Back-formation from gnat-strainer or gnat-straining.

Verb

gnat-strain (third-person singular simple present gnat-strains, present participle gnat-straining, simple past and past participle gnat-strained)

  1. To fuss or give undue importance to trivial things, often to the exclusion of truly significant issues.
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