Faultfind

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To find fault (with) transitive

    "Be not always faultfinding, even when your husband should once in a while stay a little too long from home, or commit some other impropriety, according to your standard of moral measures."

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"Be not always faultfinding, even when your husband should once in a while stay a little too long from home, or commit some other impropriety, according to your standard of moral measures."

Etymology

Back-formation from faultfinding, faultfinder, etc., equivalent to fault + find.

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