Meaning & use
Captious
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Tending to find fault or raise trivial objections, often in a nitpicking or unreasonable way.
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The captious critic found something to complain about in even the most acclaimed performances.
His captious remarks about minor grammatical errors annoyed the rest of the editorial team.
A note on using this word
Captious comes from the Latin 'capere,' meaning 'to seize,' evoking the image of someone eager to seize on the smallest flaw.
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lenientforgiving
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