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
“It won’t seem much like a Council in the regular way without a fire and the preliminary lighting of it,” complained Nita, who was the fault-finder of the Band but was fast out-growing such tendencies.
From The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
If each fault-finder just—doesn’t find fault, you know,—even in her own mind, there won’t be any fault pretty soon to be found.”
From Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman by Annabel Sharp
You will not get yourself wanted if you make the impression that you are a critical fault-finder with "the big-head."
From Certain Success by Norval A. Hawkins
Another, tall and very slender, but with a large head and a very bright mind, was an habitual fault-finder at everything on the table, no matter if it was fit for a prince.
From How to Get Strong and How to Stay So by William Garden Blaikie
