faultier; faultiest
Examples of faulty in a Sentence
the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring
Recent Examples on the Web
George Gascón, the city of Los Angeles and the investigators who built the faulty case against him.
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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
The lawsuit alleges faulty equipment and leaking tanks under several downtown state buildings — the state Capitol, Legislative Office Building, and General Services headquarters building — as well as under a state building in downtown Oakland.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024
In his rambling article, Ambrose builds upon his faulty conclusions and spouts off his various unrelated political judgments and false equivalencies.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
For those looking to regenerate your central nervous system and somatosensory system, give Nerve Control 911 a shot to help support and add protection against faulty nerve signals between the muscles and organs naturally.
—Andrew Price, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
The paper says this structural distress could have been caused by a lack of maintenance, faulty gate operation, and the accumulation of sediment and debris at the dam’s foundations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Apr. 2024
Second, what needs fixing, is the faulty manufacturing system at the giant Renton and Everett plants in Washington, and at the North Charleston, S.C., facility, that make these marvelous flying machines.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Such was the case with one Staten Island woman who watched the 2017 eclipse using faulty glasses that caused severe retinal damage.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024
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
The lawsuit alleges faulty equipment and leaking tanks under several downtown state buildings — the state Capitol, Legislative Office Building, and General Services headquarters building — as well as under a state building in downtown Oakland.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024
In his rambling article, Ambrose builds upon his faulty conclusions and spouts off his various unrelated political judgments and false equivalencies.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
For those looking to regenerate your central nervous system and somatosensory system, give Nerve Control 911 a shot to help support and add protection against faulty nerve signals between the muscles and organs naturally.
—Andrew Price, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
The paper says this structural distress could have been caused by a lack of maintenance, faulty gate operation, and the accumulation of sediment and debris at the dam’s foundations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Apr. 2024
Second, what needs fixing, is the faulty manufacturing system at the giant Renton and Everett plants in Washington, and at the North Charleston, S.C., facility, that make these marvelous flying machines.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Such was the case with one Staten Island woman who watched the 2017 eclipse using faulty glasses that caused severe retinal damage.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of faulty was
in the 14th century
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“Faulty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faulty. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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