at fault

phrase

1

: open to blame : responsible

you were really at fault

2

: unable to find the scent and continue chase

Examples of at fault in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Everyone has their own version of what went wrong, and who was at fault. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Of course, everyone is granted a certain level of privacy inside their house, but there are specific guidelines within Arizona's public indecency laws that could put you at fault for being naked in your own home if a person sees you. — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Jeenah Moon | Reuters Gemini Space Station scored a legal victory earlier in August after an arbitrator found the crypto exchange did not mislead users and was not at fault for the collapse of its Earn lending program. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

Palo Alto police that day confirmed Shanahan was at fault and said a clerical error had led a state database to wrongly blame the other driver. — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1607, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for at fault

• asphalt
• assault
• basalt
• cobalt
• default
• exalt
• gestalt
• alt
• gault
• halt
• malt
• sault