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Disposed to find petty faults or raise objections.
adjective
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captious
A captious reviewer objected to every harmless variation in style.
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As the schedule discussion continued, one editor became combative, treating each suggestion as an invitation to argue. Another was captious, repeatedly objecting to tiny formatting choices that did not affect when any work would happen.
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