hypercritical Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite inclined to judge too severely
    overcritical.
    • hypercritical of colloquial speech
    • the overcritical teacher can discourage originality

WordNet


Hy`per*crit"ic*al adjective
Definitions
  1. Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious. "Hypercritical readers." Swift.
  2. Excessively nice or exact. Evelyn.

Webster 1913