flawed
characterized by flaws; having imperfections: a flawed gem; a seriously flawed piece of work.
Origin of flawed
1Other words from flawed
- flawedness, noun
- non·flawed, adjective
- un·flawed, adjective
Words Nearby flawed
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How to use flawed in a sentence
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.
The NFL’s pandemic response was a striking success — and a genuine public service | Sally Jenkins | February 10, 2021 | Washington PostShe 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.
'The Whole System Needs Changing.' The Russia Protests Are About More Than Just Alexei Navalny | Madeline Roache | February 5, 2021 | TimeThe 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.
Golden Globe nominations 2021: ‘The Crown’ leads TV nominations while ‘Mank’ dominates movies | Emily Yahr, Bethonie Butler, Sonia Rao | February 3, 2021 | Washington PostI 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.
Numerous public health experts condemned the research as both flawed and dangerous.
Americans can’t cut back on salt. One likely reason: Packaged and prepared foods are filled with it. | Marlene Cimons | January 31, 2021 | Washington Post
This is not because of bad leaders, or polarized politics, but because of a governing structure that is fatally flawed.
On the other end of the spectrum, there lies an artist like Lena Dunham, who engages in a flaunting of the flawed self.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination | Mindy Farabee | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe masterpiece is huge, but structurally flawed and terribly vulnerable to seismic activity.
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 Garner | Mike Barnicle | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIslands overrun by flawed people, both indigenous and imperialist.
Toward noon the wind flawed for half an hour, then dropped altogether.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury StephensA calm had fallen, as it does between trades in this flawed belt, an absolute calm.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellHe knew that the change was due when the southeast trade begins to harden through this flawed belt of calms and cross winds.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellMy flawed life has that to felicitate upon—that I have not spent it in fat lumps of writing, magazine tales and sex-novels.
I, Mary MacLane | Mary MacLaneIt too is all the time under my skin though I write along but in this flawed song of myself.
I, Mary MacLane | Mary MacLane
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