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Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious.

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  1. a. Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious.
  2. a. Excessively nice or exact.
  3. adj. inclined to judge too severely
  4. 1. Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious. "Hypercritical readers." Swift. 2. Excessively nice or exact. Evelyn.
  5. j:100 s. inclined to judge too severely