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fault-finding

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fault⋅find⋅ing

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

Origin:
1620–30; fault + finding


2. critical, censorious.
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