fault-finding
noun
continual and usually trivial criticism
fault-finder
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a word derived from
fault-finding.
Example Sentences
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You are a fault-finder who must correct other people when they are wrong.
From Forbes ● Oct. 14, 2014
There is some danger, however, that the cultivation of this independence may make one a chronic fault-finder.
From How to Study and Teaching How to Study by Frank M. (Frank Morton) McMurry
But he was a natural fault-finder, and by no means a natural peacemaker; and his impartiality had no effect in assuaging the animosities which he found.
From Benjamin Franklin by John T. (John Torrey) Morse
The fault-finder is hateful both in life and in literature; and it is Iago, the most despicable of characters, whom Shakespeare makes say, "I am nothing if not critical."
From Education and the Higher Life by J. L. Spalding
And finding no fault-finder there, he sought among those who lived outside the city, in the suburbs, at the four gates.
From Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
