Fault-find·ing, n. The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj.
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  faultfinding
       adj 1: tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on
              personal opinions; "a counselor tries not to be
              faultfinding" [syn: faultfinding(a)]
       2: tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious
          pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"
          [syn: captious]
       n : persistent petty and unjustified criticism [syn: carping]