Faulty

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɔːlti/, SAMPA: /"fO:lti/

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Etymology

fault +‎ -y

Adjective

Faulty (comparative faulti, superlative er)

Positive Faulty

Comparative faulti

Superlative er

1. Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.

   They replaced the faulty wiring and it has worked fine ever since.

   I don't think you can infer that from the premise. It's a faulty argument.

2. (obsolete) At fault, to blame; guilty.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iv:

     Her faultie Handmayd, which that bale did breede, / Confest, how Philemon her wrought to chaunge her weede.

Antonyms

• faultless

Derived terms

• faultiness

Translations

having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable

Dutch: kapot nl(nl), gebrekkig nl(nl) German: fehlerhaft de(de)

Italian: difettoso it(it), imperfetto it(it), scorretto it(it)

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