find fault

find fault verb: to criticize something excessively.

Verb

find fault (third-person singular simple present finds fault, present participle finding fault, simple past and past participle found fault)

I tell you this because the latter used to find fault with me in regard to you.1920, Cicero, translated by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, The Letters of Cicero: The Whole Extant Correspondence in Chronological Order...
When one has an intimate knowledge of a business it is easy—and to some extent self-satisfying—to find fault with the way it is run by those in charge.1959 November, “Talking of Trains: The anti-railway prejudice”, in Trains Illustrated, page 518:

third-person singular present	finds fault
present participle	finding fault
past participle	found fault
past	found fault

What does find fault mean?: Find fault means to criticize something excessively.
What is find fault in Hindi?: Find fault in Hindi is मीन-मेख निकालना (mīn-mekh nikālnā). See Find fault meaning in Hindi.
How do you use find fault in a sentence?: I tell you this because the latter used to find fault with me in regard to you.
What part of speech is find fault?: Find fault is a verb.
What is the past tense of find fault?: The past tense of find fault is found fault.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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