FAULT-FINDING

FAULT-FINDING Fault "-find `ing, n.

fault-finding

fault-find ing |fɔlt ˈfaɪndɪŋ | ▶noun 1 continual criticism, typically concerning trivial things. 2 the investigation of the cause of malfunction in machinery, esp. electronic equipment. DERIVATIVES fault-find er noun

fault-finding

fault-finding ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 continual criticism, typically concerning trivial things. 2 the investigation of the cause of malfunction in machinery, especially electronic equipment. DERIVATIVES fault-finder noun

fault-finding

fault-finding noun he came to expect nothing but fault-finding from his wife: criticism, captiousness, caviling, quibbling; complaining, grumbling, carping, moaning; informal nitpicking, griping, grousing, bellyaching. ANTONYMS praise.

fault-finding

fault-finding noun the manager tries to get results by fault-finding and nagging: criticism, captiousness, cavilling, quibbling, niggling, pedantry, hair-splitting; complaining, grumbling, carping, moaning, whining, bleating; informal nitpicking, griping, grousing, grouching, bellyaching; archaic overnice. ANTONYMS praise. ▶adjective a fault-finding spectator: critical, censorious, carping, captious, cavilling, quibbling, niggling; overcritical, hypercritical, pedantic, over-precise, over-exact, over-rigorous, over-strict, hair-splitting, hard /difficult /impossible to please, pettifogging; informal nitpicking, pernickety.