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
Israel argued the report was based on faulty data and assumptions.
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Iyad Abuheweila, New York Times, 21 May 2025
In the ’00s, Pankisi was widely known as a jihadist stronghold; its adjacent involvement in President Bush’s War on Terror unintentionally contributed to America’s faulty case to invade Iraq.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Read Next Washington State Man with faulty car light was killed by WA deputy, suit says.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2025
The crashes were caused by faulty flight control software issues just minutes after takeoff.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 17 May 2025
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Iyad Abuheweila, New York Times, 21 May 2025
In the ’00s, Pankisi was widely known as a jihadist stronghold; its adjacent involvement in President Bush’s War on Terror unintentionally contributed to America’s faulty case to invade Iraq.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Read Next Washington State Man with faulty car light was killed by WA deputy, suit says.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2025
The crashes were caused by faulty flight control software issues just minutes after takeoff.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faulty
defective
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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 29 May. 2025.
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