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faultfinder

American  
[fawlt-fahyn-der] / ˈfɔltˌfaɪn dər /

noun

  1. a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.


Etymology

Origin of faultfinder

First recorded in 1555–65; fault + finder

Example Sentences

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The only faultfinder was Donald Edgar of the Daily Express.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week a canny faultfinder was being tuned up by Nashville's George Peabody College for Teachers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yes, sir, the faultfinder is always a failure.

From Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" by T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins) Hains

He is a natural born faultfinder and grouchy by nature.

From Laugh and Live by Douglas Fairbanks

It only means that the teacher, in making corrections or calling attention to failures, shall manifest the spirit of a helper and not of a faultfinder.

From The Recitation by George Herbert Betts

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