0 Someone who is handpicked has been carefully chosen for a special job or purpose:
a handpicked audience
1 carefully chosen for a special job or purpose:
He was the mayor’s hand-picked choice to lead the investigation.
Zircons were extracted using conventional separation techniques and were then handpicked under a binocular microscope.
Two fractions of transparent, brown titanites were handpicked and analysed.
Are there more effective ways to deal with such problems than force or traditional mediation with handpicked leaders?
All cotton within each delineated section was handpicked and placed in individual paper bags.
The mineral separates were obtained using standard heavy liquid and magnetic methods and finally handpicked for purity.
Lawyers for the accused and the accusers, using handpicked scholars to bolster their case, treated the public to the spectacle of a divided profession unschooled in courtroom tactics.
A collection of trusties, handpicked to give the required answer, have failed to oblige.
Conferences have been held up and down the country; but have the attendees been handpicked?
