1. (

• faultfinding ,
• carping

) persistent petty and unjustified criticism ;

1. (

• faultfinding

) tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions; "a counselor tries not to be faultfinding" ;

2. (

• captious ,
• faultfinding

) tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor" ;