as in defective
having a fault
the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring
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Recent Examples of faulty
The past four years of conflict have exposed more than one faulty assumption, not least the previously widespread belief even among Kyiv’s allies that Ukraine would be too weak, too disorganized, to resist a full-scale invasion.
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Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
The Grand Concourse fire was caused by a faulty circuit breaker panel.
—Lillian Bonsignore, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
But one person familiar with the decisions told Semafor that at least one executive from a company described by the survey had reached out to multiple outlets asking for the pieces to be taken down, arguing that the survey data was faulty and biased.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Soldiers spent days scrubbed in grease, exposed to toxic chemicals, and blistering heat to find a single faulty sensor.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
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Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
The Grand Concourse fire was caused by a faulty circuit breaker panel.
—Lillian Bonsignore, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
But one person familiar with the decisions told Semafor that at least one executive from a company described by the survey had reached out to multiple outlets asking for the pieces to be taken down, arguing that the survey data was faulty and biased.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Soldiers spent days scrubbed in grease, exposed to toxic chemicals, and blistering heat to find a single faulty sensor.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faulty
defective
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During a June 2025 evidentiary hearing, the city of Torrington submitted an objection to the application as defective for lack of notice, records show.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2026
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The Terms of Service of Anthropic’s defective altruism will never outweigh the safety, the readiness, or the lives of American troops on the battlefield.—
Tina Nguyen,
The Verge,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Faulty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faulty. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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