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faultfinding

[fawlt-fahyn-ding]
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noun
  1. the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
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adjective
  1. tending to find fault; disposed to complain or object; captious.
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Origin of faultfinding

First recorded in 1620–30; fault + finding

Synonyms

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2. critical, censorious.
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Related Words

captiouscarpingfussyhairsplittinghypercriticalnigglingquibblingnaggingovercriticalnit-pickingpettifogging

Examples from the Web for fault-finding

Historical Examples

  • It will be easy to discourage by quarrels, jealousy and fault-finding.

    Broken Bread

    Thomas Champness

  • The end of literary criticism is not fault-finding but truth.

  • For what else is fault-finding, intolerance and uncharitableness, but the deadliest poison?

    'Our guy'

    Mrs. E. E. Boyd

  • Or whom have you driven from Him, by reproof, fault-finding, and holding yourself aloof?

    'Our guy'

    Mrs. E. E. Boyd

  • There is little of the acrimonious or the fault-finding note in his pages.

    The Merry-Go-Round

    Carl Van Vechten

British Dictionary definitions for fault-finding

fault-finding

noun
  1. continual and usually trivial criticism
  2. the systematic investigation of malfunctions in electronic apparatus
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adjective
  1. given to finding fault
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Derived Formsfault-finder, noun
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