FAULTILY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

faultily

adverb

Definition of faultily

as in incorrectly

in a mistaken or inappropriate way discovered that the foreign ambassador's statement had been faultily translated

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In 2021, then-F1 race director Michael Masi incorrectly applied the rules around such a situation and did not let all lapped runners overtake.

— Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 7 July 2026
Mistakes to Avoid While baking soda is an effective way to kill stubborn garden weeds, using this technique incorrectly can hurt your garden instead of help it.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 4 July 2026

Definition of incorrectly

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Owens has noted that many people, including Pasadena natives, mistakenly point to Armand Hammer’s former estate on the same street, which burned down in 2005, as the Batman house.

— David Hochman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Perhaps only one runner would have been on base — Tatis, via a pitch off his backside — but Cabrera mistakenly threw to second after looking Tatis back to second on Merrill’s tapper back to the mound.

— Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026

Definition of mistakenly

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That’s the word that NPR Editor in Chief Thomas Evans used to describe why, today, the outlet erroneously published a report by the veteran Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg that Justice Samuel Alito had retired.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 June 2026
Verstappen's crash at the final pair of corners brought out yellow flags, which Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli erroneously thought were double-waved yellow flags and aborted his lap.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026

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