🔤 Captious ✨

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URDU

عیب جو، نکتہ چیں، تکرار کرنے والا، باریک بین
🅰️ Roman Urdu:
aib-jo, nuqta-chin, takrar karney wala, baareek-been
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ENGLISH

📚adjective
captious
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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /ˈkæp.ʃəs/
Phonetic: /kap shus/
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DEFINITION

tending to find fault or raise petty objections; calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The captious critic dismissed the entire art exhibition over minor framing flaws. It is difficult to work with a boss who makes constant captious comments. He avoided answering the attorney's captious questions during cross-examination. Her captious nature made simple group projects frustrating for her peers. Instead of providing constructive advice, he offered only captious nitpicking.
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SYNONYMS

fault finding carping caviling hypercritical pedantic nitpicking
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