hypercritical

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But she cut a warm, maternal figure compared with Pauline Robinson Pierce, Barbara’s mother, an imperious, erratic woman who was hypercritical of Barbara, her second daughter, to the point of cruelty.

From Washington Post

I feel that if I give him specific examples, it's nitpicking and being hypercritical.

From Washington Post

That second part is crucial, he said, because typography tends to be an individualist and hypercritical field in which peers regularly try to outwit one another.

From New York Times

Both of his parents were alcoholics and Brando would spend his life trying to forgive his distant, hypercritical father and his loving but emotionally disturbed mother.

From Washington Times

This is not about being hypercritical of their lifestyle.

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