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Recent Examples of faulty But the real reason to fire him, beyond getting embarrassed by the Red Sox in this series and all season, is the faulty wiring at the core of this Yankees squad. Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025 Earlier this week, the company released the results of its investigation into the previous failure, which suggested a faulty part in the fuel tank’s pressurization system was to blame. Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025 In an update shared last Friday ahead of the company's next launch, SpaceX identified the most probable cause for the May failure as a faulty main fuel tank pressurization system diffuser located on the forward dome of Starship's primary methane tank. Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025 And its outdated infrastructure and faulty distribution systems are blamed for power outages and even countrywide blackouts. Betsy Joles, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for faulty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faulty
defective
Adjective
  • Advertisement Experts have said that any such policy is almost certain to face immediate legal challenges, and that implementing the rule would rely on potential buyers self-declaring as mentally ill or a court determining them to be mentally defective.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The manufacturer also offers a year warranty for defective products, and the purchase comes with a free bow, rosin cake and a carrying case with straps.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Faulty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faulty. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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