captious
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Someone who is captious likes to find small mistakes or problems, even when they are not important.
He was captious, always pointing out minor errors in the report.
彼はうるさいで、常に報告書の些細な間違いを指摘していた。
If you describe criticism as captious, it means the criticism is small and not important, but still bothersome.
Her captious remarks about the project did not contribute to the discussion.
彼女のプロジェクトに関するうるさいコメントは、議論に寄与しませんでした。