faulty

[ fawl-tee ]

/ ˈfɔl ti /

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adjective, fault·i·er, fault·i·est.

having faults or defects; imperfect.

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earnest

full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

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Origin of faulty

First recorded in 1300–50, faulty is from the Middle English word fauty. See fault, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM faulty

fault·i·ly, adverbfault·i·ness, nounnon·fault·y, adjectiveun·fault·y, adjective

Words nearby faulty

fault zone, fault-finding, faultfinder, faultfinding, faultless, faulty, faulty union, faun, fauna, faunistic, fauns

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Example sentences from the Web for faulty

A senior Labour Party MP scoffed at what he suggested was faulty logic.
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Hongkongers aren't asking to secede from China, but Beijing's faulty calculus is only alienating the city.
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But the fact remains that the accident would never have occurred in the first place were it not for the faulty switch.
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The view is faulty, both in it engineering claims and its economic conclusions.
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Even with faulty projectors and seats that were falling apart, Afghans seemed very excited when the cinemas reopened.
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There was a faulty side, however, to the Masterson suggestion.
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He took the door in his hand and fumbled with the faulty catch as though he would shut it.
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The eye refuses to be convinced off-hand that its education has been faulty.
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What it does is not faulty or sinful, or deserving of any punishment.
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A still more potent source of failure must be sought in the faulty methods of research pursued by most investigators.
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British Dictionary definitions for faulty

faulty

/ (ˈfɔːltɪ) /

adjective faultier or faultiest

defective or imperfect

archaic culpable

Derived forms of faulty

faultily, adverbfaultiness, noun

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