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faultfind

faultfind verb: to find fault (with).

Verb

faultfind (third-person singular simple present faultfinds, present participle faultfinding, simple past and past participle faultfound)

  1. (transitive) To find fault (with)
    • 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.1868, William Bush, Ocean's Wave
    • We've fault-found enough for one even.1888, Emily Sarah Holt, The King's Daughters

Forms of faultfind

third-person singular presentfaultfinds
present participlefaultfinding
past participlefaultfound
pastfaultfound
alternative formfault-find

Origin of faultfind

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

Questions about faultfind

What does faultfind mean?
Faultfind means to find fault (with).
What part of speech is faultfind?
Faultfind is a verb.
What is the past tense of faultfind?
The past tense of faultfind is faultfound.

Words near faultfind in the dictionary

  1. faultered
  2. faultering
  3. faulteringly
  4. faulterings
  5. faulters
  6. faultfind
  7. faultfinder
  8. faultfinders
  9. faultfinding
  10. faultfindings
  11. faultfinds

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