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Faultfinding (Adjective)

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

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The overly critical and faultfinding manager consistently highlighted even the smallest errors made by his team members, never offering any positive feedback or suggestions for improvement.
The young teacher, unfortunately, was stuck with an excessively faultfinding supervisor who would nitpick even the smallest aspects of her lessons, making it difficult for her to grow or succeed in her role.
A faultfinding and overly analytical editor went through the article and rejected it without any comment on the ideas or presentation.
It seemed to many students that their demanding professor had become even more faultfinding this semester, turning in their otherwise flawless work because of small issues with format or other petty errors.
The boss had a faultfinding attitude during project analysis, which discouraged innovation and created a negative atmosphere in the company, focusing on what went wrong rather than what went right.

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

All adjective clusters.

Her faultfinding nature made it difficult for her to form lasting friendships with her coworkers.
The teacher tried to focus on constructive feedback rather than being faultfinding when grading her students' work.
The faultfinding attitude of the new manager caused tension among the team members.
As a mediator, she strove to remain impartial and not be faultfinding during the negotiations.
The faultfinding comments from the critics were harsh, but the artist tried to use them as an opportunity to grow.