“+ adjective
also hy·per·critic “+
Etymology: hypercritical from New Latin hypercritic us + English -al; hypercritic from New Latin hypercriticus
: meticulously or excessively critical especially of small and trivial matters : overnice in judgment : captious , faultfinding
only the critical or hypercritical grammarian … discovers anything wrong in it — Otto Jespersen
constant hypercritical belittling of the efforts of others — Harold Rosen & H.E.Kiene
Synonyms: see critical