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Inclined to judge too severely
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hypercritical
Word definitions for hypercritical in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. inclined to judge too severely; "hypercritical of colloquial speech"; "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality" [syn: overcritical ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from hyper- + critical .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The following illustrates one relationship and the unfortunate outcomes of hypercritical efforts to make a child successful.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hypercritical \Hy`per*crit"ic*al\, a. Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious. ``Hypercritical readers.'' --Swift. Excessively nice or exact. --Evelyn.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Meticulously or excessively critical.
Usage examples of hypercritical.
But only for a minute – only while he could button the flower inside his jacket, next his heart – or next his stomach, possibly, for he was not much posted in anatomy, and not hypercritical, anyway.
But only for a minute -- only while he could button the flower inside his jacket, next his heart -- or next his stomach, possibly, for he was not much posted in anatomy, and not hypercritical, anyway.
This precision as to the day has been questioned by Mommsen but has been accepted since his time by less hypercritical scholars.
Vienna meteorological experts ruled out the possibility that the sighting was any normal natural phenomena, but skeptics viewed the photograph itself with a hypercritical eye.
His hypercritical eye gauged Coyul’s taste in decor, ending with the white piano.