fault-finding

  • 1Fault-finding — Fault find ing, n. The act of finding fault or blaming; used derogatively. Also Adj. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2fault finding — index cynical Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3fault-finding — index criticism, dissatisfaction Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4fault-finding — [adj] critical captious, carping, fussy, hairsplitting*, hard to please, hypercritical, nagging, niggling, nit picking, overcritical, pettifogging, quibbling; concept 267 …

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  • 5fault-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 …

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  • 6fault 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 …

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  • 7fault 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 …

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  • 8fault-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 …

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  • 9fault-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 …

  • 10fault-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 …

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