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
Two workers had been crushed in a garbage compactor in 1964, but the faulty equipment had not been replaced.
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Adrian Sainz and Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Even though the city has condemned the local landmark as unsafe, a group of former parishioners contends that was done only because the Archdiocese of Hartford submitted a faulty engineering report.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2025
So gone will be any operational flexibility to recover from a simple or routine equipment or infrastructure problem, from a stalled train to a broken rail to a faulty signal.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
This phenomenon, while deeply human, can lead us into mental traps, unhealthy relationships and faulty internal narratives.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Adrian Sainz and Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Even though the city has condemned the local landmark as unsafe, a group of former parishioners contends that was done only because the Archdiocese of Hartford submitted a faulty engineering report.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2025
So gone will be any operational flexibility to recover from a simple or routine equipment or infrastructure problem, from a stalled train to a broken rail to a faulty signal.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
This phenomenon, while deeply human, can lead us into mental traps, unhealthy relationships and faulty internal narratives.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 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 23 May. 2025.
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