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Faultfinding Definition & Meaning

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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What does faultfinding mean?
tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions; "a counselor tries not to be faultfinding" tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor" persistent petty and unjustified criticism
What part of speech is faultfinding?
Faultfinding is an adjective and a noun.
How many definitions does faultfinding have?
Faultfinding has 3 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).

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