Hypertext Webster Gateway: "faultfinding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fault-finding \Fault"-find`ing\, n.
The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively.
Also Adj.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
faultfinding
adj 1: tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on
personal opinions; "a counselor tries not to be
faultfinding" [syn: {faultfinding(a)}]
2: tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious
pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"
[syn: {captious}]
n : persistent petty and unjustified criticism [syn: {carping}]
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