flawed

[ flawd ]

adjective

1. characterized by flaws; flaw; having imperfections:

   a flawed gem; a seriously flawed piece of work.

Other Words From

• flawedness noun
• non·flawed adjective
• un·flawed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of flawed¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; flaw ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Roger Goodell has shown plenty of flawed judgment over his 15-odd years as NFL commissioner, but if ever a leader deserves credit for rising to a crisis and putting on this implausibly successful season, he does.

From Washington Post

She was optimistic about Putin until 2008, she says, when a vote that the Council of Europe deemed flawed put Putin-backed candidate Dmitry Medvedev, then-First Deputy Prime Minister, in the President’s seat.

From Time

The show is famous for nominating a mix of acclaimed and seriously flawed programming, prompting many eye rolls on social media and around the entertainment industry.

From Washington Post

I know he did things wrong, which does not … I’m not excusing anything because he’s a deeply flawed man, but that’s OK too.

From Ozy

Numerous public health experts condemned the research as both flawed and dangerous.

From Washington Post

This is not because of bad leaders, or polarized politics, but because of a governing structure that is fatally flawed.

From The Daily Beast

On the other end of the spectrum, there lies an artist like Lena Dunham, who engages in a flaunting of the flawed self.

From The Daily Beast

The masterpiece is huge, but structurally flawed and terribly vulnerable to seismic activity.

From The Daily Beast

Despite the actions of a flawed few, it is arguably the finest professional police force in the world.

From The Daily Beast

Islands overrun by flawed people, both indigenous and imperialist.

From The Daily Beast

Toward noon the wind flawed for half an hour, then dropped altogether.

From Project Gutenberg

A calm had fallen, as it does between trades in this flawed belt, an absolute calm.

From Project Gutenberg

He knew that the change was due when the southeast trade begins to harden through this flawed belt of calms and cross winds.

From Project Gutenberg

My flawed life has that to felicitate upon—that I have not spent it in fat lumps of writing, magazine tales and sex-novels.

From Project Gutenberg

It too is all the time under my skin though I write along but in this flawed song of myself.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• broken
• cracked
• damaged
• defective
• deficient
• erroneous
• false
• imprecise
• inaccurate
• inadequate
• incomplete
• insufficient
• invalid
• leaky
• malfunctioning
• unreliable