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
Carrano said the city has had experience with noise emanating from businesses in the past, citing an example of one local company that had a faulty bearing in a fan, and that noise dissipated when the bearing was fixed.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2026
In witness footage shared by the police, the paraglider is seen falling from the sky with a faulty parachute and spiraling quickly towards the waters below, before smashing into the ocean in front of horrified beachgoers.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
Lawmakers have stymied solutions that experts say would reduce the chemical load, such as an inspection program to identify old, faulty septic tanks.
—Bethany Barnes, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
Experience with other medical devices like hip implants and pacemakers dictated that plaintiffs who had a faulty product surgically removed had more valuable lawsuits than those with the product still in place.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2026
In witness footage shared by the police, the paraglider is seen falling from the sky with a faulty parachute and spiraling quickly towards the waters below, before smashing into the ocean in front of horrified beachgoers.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
Lawmakers have stymied solutions that experts say would reduce the chemical load, such as an inspection program to identify old, faulty septic tanks.
—Bethany Barnes, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
Experience with other medical devices like hip implants and pacemakers dictated that plaintiffs who had a faulty product surgically removed had more valuable lawsuits than those with the product still in place.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faulty
defective
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Todorovich is focusing on enterprise-wide business models but is not placing buys or negotiating return to vendors involving returning defective, damaged or unsold merchandise back to the supplier or manufacturer.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The partnership unraveled in 2007 over what MacNeil alleged were defective mats.—
Monica Hunter-Hart,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Faulty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faulty. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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