faultfinding

Definition of Faultfinding in English :

1. carping, faultfinding

persistent petty and unjustified criticism

2. faultfinding

tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions

Example Sentences:
'a counselor tries not to be faultfinding'

3. captious, faultfinding

tending to find and call attention to faults

Example Sentences:
'a captious pedant'
'an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Faultfinding

noun, adjective

(a) finding fault; calling attention to defects

n.

Petty or nagging criticism; carping.

adj.

Disposed to find fault; critical.