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FAULTY
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Irregular inflected forms: faultier , faultiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
Example:
the wrong side of the road
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
inaccurate (not accurate)
Derivation:
fault (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)
faultiness (the state of being defective)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a defect
Example:
I returned the appliance because it was defective
Synonyms:
defective; faulty
Classified under:
Similar:
imperfect (not perfect; defective or inadequate)
Derivation:
fault (an imperfection in an object or machine)
faultiness (the state of being defective)
Context examples:
That is the faulty part of the present system.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
You have proved yourself, on the whole, less faulty than I had believed you.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
If gratitude and esteem are good foundations of affection, Elizabeth's change of sentiment will be neither improbable nor faulty.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Because, with every chance for being good, useful, and happy, you are faulty, lazy, and miserable.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The Note 7 had barely been on the market for a month when Samsung announced a global recall of 2.5 million units due to faulty batteries in early September.
(Samsung Ends Production of Problem-Plagued Galaxy Note 7, Voanews)
Your hiding-place, my dear Watson, was very faulty.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There is a faulty connector/header in the device.
(Faulty Device Connector/Header, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
Any mouse strain with a faulty immune system such that its ability to fight infectious disease is compromised or ablated.
(Immunodeficient Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)
Major types include: • Diseases caused by faulty genes, such as Huntington's disease and muscular dystrophy • Problems with the way the nervous system develops, such as spina bifida • Degenerative diseases, where nerve cells are damaged or die, such as Parkinson's diseaseand Alzheimer's disease • Diseases of the blood vessels that supply the brain, such as stroke • Injuries to the spinal cord and brain • Seizure disorders, such as epilepsy • Cancer, such as brain tumors • infections, such as meningitis
(Neurologic Diseases, NIH)
I agree with you, replied the stranger; we are unfashioned creatures, but half made up, if one wiser, better, dearer than ourselves—such a friend ought to be—do not lend his aid to perfectionate our weak and faulty natures.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
