Pickier

Buyers are "pickier," he says, but they are still bidding aggressively when they find what they want. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Increasingly, though, economists and job seekers are identifying another problem: Employers are being pickier, or not trying as hard as they usually do to fill the openings they have. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

As a result, the chains are pickier when choosing their franchisees and sites for expansion. ❋ Annie Gasparro (2012)

"Civil War collectors are so much pickier, and they point out things more, especially in weapons." ❋ Daniel Grant (2010)

Without a tray, students have to be pickier during their first sweep of the cafeteria line and make multiple trips back for more. ❋ Jenna Johnson (2011)

Just imagine the situation for special education, low-scoring, or other special needs children if even pickier private schools are given a crack at public money. ❋ Julie Woestehoff (2010)

I am buying less of it, and as I buy less of it, I'm getting pickier and pickier about the SF I do take on board. ❋ Jaylake (2009)

While investors appear to be getting pickier about bonds on offer, market participants noted that the investment-grade corporate bond market is still robust in historical terms. ❋ Kellie Geressy-Nilsen (2011)

In an environment where increasingly discerning prospective students will be pickier than ever before, particularly toward the bulk of institutions that have raced to £9,000 per year, more competition at the lower end of the price spectrum will be welcomed by many students, and, of course, the treasury. ❋ Unknown (2011)