flawed
- characterized by flaws; having imperfections: a flawed gem; a seriously flawed piece of work.
Origin of flawed
flaw
1- a feature that mars the perfection of something; defect; fault: beauty without flaw; the flaws in our plan.
- a defect impairing legal soundness or validity.
- a crack, break, breach, or rent.
- to produce a flaw in.
- to contract a flaw; become cracked or defective.
Origin of flaw
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erroneous, inaccurate, inappropriate, mistaken, improper, unsound, untrue, unreliable, faulty, false, flawed, imprecise, inadequate, incomplete, incorrect, illogical, unhealthy, defective, insecure, fragileExamples from the Web for flawed
Contemporary Examples of flawed
On the other end of the spectrum, there lies an artist like Lena Dunham, who engages in a flaunting of the flawed self.
Despite the actions of a flawed few, it is arguably the finest professional police force in the world.
The Wildly Peaceful, Human, Almost Boring, Ultimately Great New York City Protests for Eric GarnerMike Barnicle
December 8, 2014
Islands overrun by flawed people, both indigenous and imperialist.
This is a new version of Catman, his past is yet to be told, but an ordeal made him not just badass, but flawed, deeply flawed.
Court cases are flawed devices to sort out and solve such important social problems.
Historical Examples of flawed
They may be flawed—they may be true—hardly any one has thought of sounding them.
The Philosophy of Natural TheologyWilliam Jackson
And yet much of Tarkington's work is flawed by a curious failing.
Seeing Things at NightHeywood Broun
The clear mirror had caught its own image clearly in the flawed one at last.
The TurmoilBooth Tarkington
And it was something golden and immortal in her poor, flawed, human heart.
The Brimming CupDorothy Canfield Fisher
It is the American story—a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals.
flaw
1- an imperfection, defect, or blemish
- a crack, breach, or rift
- law an invalidating fault or defect in a document or proceeding
- to make or become blemished, defective, or imperfect
Word Origin for flaw
flaw
2- a sudden short gust of wind; squall
- a spell of bad, esp windy, weather
- obsolete an outburst of strong feeling
Word Origin for flaw
Word Origin and History for flawed
flaw
early 15c. (implied in flawed); see flaw (n.). Related: Flawing.
flaw
early 14c., "a flake" (of snow), also in Middle English "a spark of fire; a splinter," from Old Norse flaga "stone slab, flake" (see flagstone); sense of "defect, fault" first recorded 1580s, first of character, later (c.1600) of material things; probably via notion of a "fragment" broken off.