captious (s)
faultfinding (s)

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type s
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def tending to find and call attention to faults
examples a captious pedant
an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor
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Similar to critical
Derivationally related form faultfinding → faultfinding
Derivationally related form captious → caption
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Derived from adjective captiously → captious
Derivationally related form faultfinding → faultfinding
Derivationally related form caption → captious

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