'candid criticism' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe honest and direct criticism. For example, "Her candid criticism helped us see our mistakes and find ways to improve."
She has offered them candid criticism.
Mr. Ryan's candid criticism was echoed by other speakers in the general session.
Jim Hoagland, a columnist at the Washington Post, argued that the raid on Chalabi's home was in retaliation for his candid criticism of the occupation.
He was known for preferring his team-mates to give him candid criticism rather than praise.
Rather, he uses Pixar's triumphs and near-disasters to outline a system for managing people in creative businesses — one in which candid criticism is delivered sensitively, while individuality and autonomy are not strangled by a robotic corporate culture.
The president's afternoon rage-tweet followed some candid criticism from Tillerson, who called Trump "pretty undisciplined" during a rare public appearance Thursday in Houston at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
His story was credited with ending Gen. Stanley McChrystal's career after it revealed the military's candid criticisms of the Obama administration.
Headlined The Runaway General, Hastings' piece brought McChrystal's career crashing down as it documented the military leader's candid criticisms of President Barack Obama.
The story was credited with ending General Stanley McChrystal's career after it revealed the military leader's candid criticisms of the Obama administration.
One industry veteran I talked to was troubled by the fact that the host of a popular show reads ads in a style that makes it hard to discern from the show itself; here and there, you'd hear candid criticisms about the possible erosion of journalistic standards, of ethical concerns about true-crime podcasts and armchair-detective podcasts.
And, despite last year's notorious "London Whale" trading disaster, JPMorgan's balance sheet was never in danger and Mr. Dimon generated a historic $21 billion in net income — all this with unparalleled transparency and candid self-criticism.
