Definitions for hypercritical
ˌhaɪ pərˈkrɪt ɪ kəlhy·per·crit·i·cal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hypercritical, overcriticaladjective

   inclined to judge too severely

   "hypercritical of colloquial speech"; "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hypercriticaladjective

   Meticulously or excessively critical.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hypercriticaladjective

   Critical beyond necessity or use.

   Etymology: from hypercritick.

   We are far from imposing those nice and hypercritical punctilio’s, which some astrologers oblige our gardeners to. John Evelyn.

   Such hypercritical readers will consider my business was to make a body of refined sayings, only taking care to produce them in the most natural manner. Jonathan Swift.

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1. hypercritical

   Hypercritical refers to the act of being excessively or unreasonably critical or judgmental about minor or trivial faults, mistakes or shortcomings. It involves a tendency to scrutinize and criticize small details or aspects with intense severity.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hypercriticaladjective

   over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious

2. Hypercriticaladjective

   excessively nice or exact

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hypercritical in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hypercritical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of hypercritical in a Sentence

1. Police Chief David Brown:

   With police-involved shootings now in this country, we’re very hypercritical of every officer’s actions. But the suspect was armed with a box cutter, the officer used deadly force as a last resort.

2. Public Safety Director Steve McCraw:

   I appear to be hypercritical of the on-scene commander, and I don't mean to be, but the facts are the facts, mistakes were made. It should never have happened that way.

3. Josh Holmes:

   Here are these people who are just hypercritical of anything that doesn't come out of Anthony Fauci's mouth, at the same time, they're calling drugs horse tranquilizers or horse dewormers and suggesting that they can't be any helpful under any circumstance and basically practicing medicine without a license as they're typing on the computer.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hypercritical
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hypercritical
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=hypercritical
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypercritical