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
Wimbledon 2025 has featured upsets, unfortunate curfew interferences, faulty electronic line calls and key injuries.
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Jess Bryant, New York Times, 10 July 2025
The negatives included noisy wheels and some faulty stitching.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2025
Federal regulators found that the cause of the disaster was a faulty gas line laid by a Con Ed contractor.
—Kevin Lozano, New Yorker, 6 July 2025
Shoppers were informed about a range of issues, including undeclared allergens in food products, faulty medical devices, fire-risk mattresses, and potentially hazardous children's furniture.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
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Jess Bryant, New York Times, 10 July 2025
The negatives included noisy wheels and some faulty stitching.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2025
Federal regulators found that the cause of the disaster was a faulty gas line laid by a Con Ed contractor.
—Kevin Lozano, New Yorker, 6 July 2025
Shoppers were informed about a range of issues, including undeclared allergens in food products, faulty medical devices, fire-risk mattresses, and potentially hazardous children's furniture.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 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 18 Jul. 2025.
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