as in defective
having a fault
the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring
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Recent Examples of faulty
If you’re set on purchasing anything with potentially faulty wiring, just be prepared to have your secondhand find rewired by a qualified electrician.
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Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2025
Less than five months after its release, nearly all vehicle owners received an alert citing a faulty accelerator pedal resulting from misapplied soap instead of lubricant.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025
Past issues have included a faulty accelerator pedal, a rearview camera problem and a windshield wiper problem.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
The company’s investigations of some batches of faulty medicine didn’t identify specific root causes, and those that did pinpoint a reason weren’t adequately supported with evidence or didn’t explain all the data, the inspectors wrote.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2025
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Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2025
Less than five months after its release, nearly all vehicle owners received an alert citing a faulty accelerator pedal resulting from misapplied soap instead of lubricant.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025
Past issues have included a faulty accelerator pedal, a rearview camera problem and a windshield wiper problem.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
The company’s investigations of some batches of faulty medicine didn’t identify specific root causes, and those that did pinpoint a reason weren’t adequately supported with evidence or didn’t explain all the data, the inspectors wrote.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faulty
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That leads estate planners to recommend to some clients an intentionally defective grantor trust (IDGT).—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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The parts planning team, which uses a separate system with different data, mistakenly orders a big batch of the now defective parts before getting the update.—
Sean O'Neill,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Faulty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faulty. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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