Finicky (adj)
fin-ik-ee
(Of a person) fussy about their needs or requirements.
This is a word that seems to be going out of fashion yet it’s such a perfectly apt word for those people it describes..
Example sentences
“They’re perfectly fine, stop being so finicky.”
“She’s such a finicky eater I worry about her getting all her nutrients.”
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