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]