captious

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Adjective captious has 1 sense

captious, faultfinding - tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"
Antonym: uncritical (indirect, via critical)

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Term: captious

Definition: Tending to find fault or criticize, often over trivial matters.

Sample sentence (adjective): The captious customer complained about the restaurant's decor even though the food was delicious.

Sample sentence (noun): Mary's captiousness made it difficult for her colleagues to collaborate with her on the project.

Sample sentence (adverb): Sarah captiously criticized every sentence in her friend's manuscript.

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