faultfinding
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adjective \-diŋ\Definition of FAULTFINDING
: disposed to find fault : captiously critical
Examples of FAULTFINDING
- <publishers now have to produce textbooks that pass muster with a slew of faultfinding committees>
First Known Use of FAULTFINDING
1622
Related to FAULTFINDING
- Synonyms
- captious, carping, caviling (or cavilling), critical, hypercritical, judgmental, overcritical, rejective
- Antonyms
- uncritical
See Synonym Discussion at critical
2faultfinding
nounDefinition of FAULTFINDING
: petty, nagging, or unreasonable criticism
First Known Use of FAULTFINDING
circa 1611
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