flawed

adjective

ˈflȯd 

: having a defect or imperfection

a flawed diamond

a flawed plan

Synonyms of flawed

• defective
• imperfect
• bad

Examples of flawed in a Sentence

a flawed paint job that resulted in some peeling almost as soon as the paint had dried

Recent Examples on the Web

Here agents were built to find software exploits and placed in flawed or deliberately permissive environments. — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026

Every output the system produces from ambiguous or stale inputs becomes a decision someone makes in good faith on a flawed premise. — Leon Gordon, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

And even as life moves relentlessly on, with challenges at work, ongoing family battles and new friendship dramas, something keeps pulling this flawed, funny pair back into each other’s orbits. — Matt Minton, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026

Those may be the best possible conditions for appreciating Hughes’s lowest-grossing directorial effort, a flawed but perceptive look at the emotional rollercoaster of becoming a parent. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1608, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flawed

• abroad
• applaud
• backboard
• ballade
• defraud
• ephod
• facade
• guffawed
• outlawed
• ramrod
• roughshod
• slipshod