Faultfinding Definition

faultfinding
adjective
  1. tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions; "a counselor tries not to be faultfinding"
  2. tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"
noun
  1. persistent petty and unjustified criticism

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