hypercritical
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Every run that Australia managed to eke out for their final wicket would have gnawed away at Bavuma who was, if we are being hypercritical, guilty of a slight captaincy misstep.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2025
“Kind of by default, he is a hypercritical person of art or media. He’s a very natural like writer because he’s a real student of film and television.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2023
Just understand, your words are no match for my evidence,” he said in his February speech in Iowa, referencing some of the more hypercritical social media backlash he received after the 2021 address.
From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023
Kind of the most hypercritical audience you will ever play to in your whole career.
From Salon • Jul. 9, 2022
Throughout my entire PhD candidacy, he was hypercritical of my work.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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