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hypercritical
What does hypercritical mean?
hypercritical (adjective): inclined to judge too severely.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use hypercritical in a sentence?
- Hypercritical of colloquial speech. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does hypercritical come from?
From hyper- + critical.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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inclined to judge too severely
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fairly short and of slim build
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extremely bad; awful; terrible
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relying on another for support
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