FAULTFINDING

• (noun) persistent petty and unjustified criticism

  synonyms : carping

  Some newspapers thrive on indecent coverage and carping on celebrities. -added by Aswathy_inlas

• (adj.) tending to find and call attention to faults

  "a captious pedant", "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"

  synonyms : captious

  The tutor was so captious that the students found it extremely difficult to continue there. -added by Aswathy_inlas

• (adj.) tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions

  "a counselor tries not to be faultfinding"

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