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Meaning of 'hypercritical' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hypercritical [ a.]
- Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious.
- Excessively nice or exact.

Meaning of 'hypercritical' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hypercritical [ s]
Meaning (1):
- inclined to judge too severely
Example in sentence:
  • hypercritical of colloquial speech;
  • the overcritical teacher can discourage originality

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