- Fault-finding
- Fault-finding Fault"-find`ing, n. The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj. [1913 Webster]
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Fault-finding
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fault finding — index cynical Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fault-finding — index criticism, dissatisfaction Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fault-finding — [adj] critical captious, carping, fussy, hairsplitting*, hard to please, hypercritical, nagging, niggling, nit picking, overcritical, pettifogging, quibbling; concept 267 … New thesaurus
fault-finding — ♦ n criticism, grumbling, complaining, complaint, carping, quibbling, cavilling, nagging, niggling, hypercriticism FORMAL ultracrepidation COLLOQ. finger pointing, hair splitting, nit picking ≠ praise ♦ adj critical, grumbling, nagging, captious … Useful english dictionary
fault finding — gedimų paieška statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. failure search; fault finding; fault lookup; fault tracing; troubleshooting vok. Fehlersuche, f rus. локализация неисправностей, f; локализация повреждений, f; поиск неисправностей, m … Automatikos terminų žodynas
fault finding — pažaidos vietos nustatymas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. fault finding; fault location vok. Fehlerortsbestimmung, f rus. определение места повреждения, n pranc. localisation de défaut, f … Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas
fault-finding — noun he came to expect nothing but fault finding from his wife Syn: criticism, captiousness, caviling, quibbling; complaining, grumbling, carping, moaning; informal nitpicking, griping, grousing, bellyaching Ant: praise … Thesaurus of popular words
fault-finding — /ˈfɔlt faɪndɪŋ/ (say fawlt fuynding) noun 1. the act of pointing out faults; carping; picking flaws. –adjective 2. given to finding fault; disposed to complain or object …
fault-finding — Synonyms and related words: captious, captiousness, carping, cavilling, censorious, censure, contentious, critical, criticism, fussiness, fussy, hair splitting, hypercritical, hypercriticism, niggling, nit picking, pettifogging, picky, querulous … Moby Thesaurus
fault-finding — UK [ˈfɔːlt ˌfaɪndɪŋ] / US [ˈfɔlt ˌfaɪndɪŋ] noun [uncountable] the practice of looking for mistakes in everything and criticizing people or things because of them, especially in an unfair way … English dictionary
