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fault-finding collapse

piffling collapse

small time collapse

hypercritical collapse: inclined to judge too severely; "hypercritical of colloquial speech"; "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality"

legalistic collapse

one horse collapse

narrow-minded collapse: lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions"; rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines

captious collapse: tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"

cynical collapse: believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others

pettifoggery collapse

overcritical collapse

bad notices collapse

bad press collapse

animadversion collapse

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Mickey Mouse collapse: a fictional mouse created in animated film strips by Walt Disney

foul play collapse: unfair or treacherous behavior (especially involving violence)

carping collapse

piddling collapse

nit picking collapse

nit collapse: egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing; a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source

niggle collapse

inconsequent collapse: lacking worth or importance; "his work seems trivial and inconsequential"; "the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet"

tinhorn collapse

machination collapse

obloquy collapse: state of disgrace resulting from public abuse

quibbling collapse

connivance collapse: (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing; agreement on a secret plot

pestering collapse

nagging collapse

sleight collapse

criticism collapse: a serious examination and judgment of something; "constructive criticism is always appreciated"; a written evaluation of a work of literature; disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent"

measly collapse: contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

niggling collapse

hairsplitting collapse: making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously"

flak collapse

faultfinding collapse: persistent petty and unjustified criticism

cavil collapse: raise trivial objections

trickery collapse: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them); verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

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