Usually means: Criticism of perceived errors, flaws.
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  1. faultfinding: Merriam-Webster
  2. faultfinding: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. faultfinding: Vocabulary.com
  4. faultfinding: Wordnik
  5. faultfinding: Wiktionary
  6. faultfinding: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. faultfinding: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. faultfinding: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. faultfinding: Dictionary.com
  10. faultfinding: Rhymezone
  11. faultfinding: FreeDictionary.org
  12. faultfinding: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. faultfinding: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. faultfinding: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  Excessive or petty criticism
▸ adjective:  Tending to find fault

Similar:
critical, captious, judgmental, carping, fault-finding, momism, nitpickery, finger-pointing, nitpicking, piling on, more...

Opposite:
praise, compliment, appreciation, admiration

Types:
nitpicking, caviling, carping, quibbling, more...

Adjectives:
petty, constant, mere, such, much, continual, small, incessant, captious, chronic, excessive

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Similar:
critical, captious, judgmental, carping, fault-finding, momism, nitpickery, finger-pointing, nitpicking, piling on, more...

Opposite:
praise, compliment, appreciation, admiration

Types:
nitpicking, caviling, carping, quibbling, more...

Adjectives:
petty, constant, mere, such, much, continual, small, incessant, captious, chronic, excessive



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