Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

faultfinding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fault-find-ing
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive or petty criticism

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Tending to find fault.

Etymology

From fault + finding.

Usage

Inflected Forms

faultfindings (plural) fault-finding (alternative) more faultfinding (comparative) most faultfinding (superlative)

Derived Forms

unfaultfinding

Synonyms

captious carping

Questions

What does faultfinding mean?
Excessive or petty criticism
Where does faultfinding come from?
From fault + finding.

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