faulty
[fawl-tee]
adjective, fault·i·er, fault·i·est.
having faults or defects; imperfect.
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RELATED WORDS
damaged, erroneous, inaccurate, defective, inadequate, deficient, invalid, broken, insufficient, unreliable, cracked, leaky, incomplete, false, flawed, malfunctioning, imprecise, adulterated, amiss, awry
Nearby words
- fault-finding,
- faultfinder,
- faultfinding,
- faultless,
- faultlessly,
- faulty union,
- faun,
- fauna,
- faunal,
- faunistic
Origin of faulty
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adjective faultier or faultiest
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