: having a defect or imperfection
a flawed diamond
a flawed plan

Examples of flawed in a Sentence

a flawed paint job that resulted in some peeling almost as soon as the paint had dried
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Like Carrie is a flawed character, as all of us were flawed. Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025 They’re caused by flawed framing. Christopher Lind, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025 That creates a gap between what the market thinks AI can do and actual performance, squeezing both businesses and—in the case of translators—workers caught between the promise of superhuman efficiency and the reality of often flawed machine output. Harry Booth, Time, 6 Oct. 2025 All hail to the poetry slam, which schooled me in the art of living a flawed, slapdash life out loud for everyone to see. Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flawed

Word History

First Known Use

1608, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of flawed was in 1608

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“Flawed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flawed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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