carping
adj : quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers
and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and
carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily
nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no
patience with quibbling critics" [syn: {caviling}, {nitpicking},
{pettifogging}, {quibbling}]
n : persistent petty and unjustified criticism [syn: {faultfinding}]