faultier; faultiest
Examples of faulty in a Sentence
the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring
Recent Examples on the Web
Lack of oversight, inadequate scientific review and faulty accounting have left the voluntary offset market awash in credits that studies conclude are not coming close to canceling out the level of emissions claimed, and often not erasing any.
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Evan Halper, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
Researchers are now trying to find the locations in the brain that send faulty signals to the larynx.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Value is now found in tools like the Fluke 3550 FC Thermal Imaging Sensor use AI to analyze electrical systems and identify potential issues like overheating circuits or faulty wiring.
—Neil Sahota, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The spotted owl decision was reversed in 2021 after officials said Trump’s political appointees used faulty science to justify opening millions of acres of West Coast forest to potential logging.
—Matthew Brown, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
Previous Israeli prime ministers, too, blundered into bloody wars on the basis of misguided strategies and faulty advice from their military and intelligence advisers.
—Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
The catastrophes were eventually linked to a faulty flight software system, and lengthy investigations found quality-control problems up and down Boeing’s supply chain.
—Matthew Heimer, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
George Gascón, the city of Los Angeles and the investigators who built the faulty case against him.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
The plant was dealing with a faulty valve discovered the day before, so no pellets were rolling off the line.
—Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Evan Halper, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
Researchers are now trying to find the locations in the brain that send faulty signals to the larynx.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Value is now found in tools like the Fluke 3550 FC Thermal Imaging Sensor use AI to analyze electrical systems and identify potential issues like overheating circuits or faulty wiring.
—Neil Sahota, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The spotted owl decision was reversed in 2021 after officials said Trump’s political appointees used faulty science to justify opening millions of acres of West Coast forest to potential logging.
—Matthew Brown, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
Previous Israeli prime ministers, too, blundered into bloody wars on the basis of misguided strategies and faulty advice from their military and intelligence advisers.
—Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
The catastrophes were eventually linked to a faulty flight software system, and lengthy investigations found quality-control problems up and down Boeing’s supply chain.
—Matthew Heimer, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
George Gascón, the city of Los Angeles and the investigators who built the faulty case against him.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
The plant was dealing with a faulty valve discovered the day before, so no pellets were rolling off the line.
—Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Faulty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faulty. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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