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fault-finding
CIDE DICTIONARY
fault-finding, n.
The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
fault-finding
captious, captiousness, carping, cavilling, censorious, censure, contentious, critical, criticism, fussiness, fussy, hair-splitting, hypercritical, hypercriticism, niggling, nit-picking, pettifogging, picky, querulous, quibblingFor further exploring for "fault-finding" in Webster Dictionary Online