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verb

past tense of flaw

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of flawed
Adjective
Read More: Cracking the Genetic Code on Facial Features Challenging Assumptions The authors argue that the current assumption of how the code evolved is flawed because it is partially based on misleading laboratory experiments. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025 The Chiefs are the least flawed of the four remaining teams, and whoever comes out of the AFC should win the Super Bowl. Hannah Vanbiber, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025 Structural balance frameworks aim to stabilize budgets over the economic cycle but often fail due to their flawed design. Vance Ginn, National Review, 24 Jan. 2025 The lawsuit argued that Marrero and district officials used flawed data and inadequate research in making their decision to close schools. Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for flawed 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flawed
Adjective
  • In a statement to Digital Trends, LG said the LED TVs, which weigh up to 101.2 pounds with stands, aren't defective on their own.
    Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Jurors in Gwinnett County, northeast of Atlanta, returned the verdict in the years-long civil case involving what the plaintiffs’ lawyers called dangerously defective roofs on Ford pickup trucks, lawyer James Butler Jr. said.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022
Adjective
  • Now that order is dead, along with other imperfect remnants of a less chaotic time, like the soft power America built with foreign aid and democratic ideals.
    Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2025
  • The researchers believe these findings could one day lead to the development of biological tooth substitutes that could be used in place of imperfect synthetic dental implants currently used.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The couple welcomed two children, True, 6, and Tatum, 2, but their romance was marred by Thompson's multiple cheating scandals.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • But others argue these budget controls are ensuring Connecticut won’t return to the 2010s, a decade marred by frequent annual deficits and some of the largest tax hikes in state history.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Booth either has to try to find a sucker who’ll eat a bad contract or accept a sell-off that makes his team worse right smack dab in the middle of a contention window.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
  • One wrinkle that could make the effects for the U.S. economy worse than expected is retaliatory tariffs from other countries.
    Jesse Pound, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • At least 35 people were injured in the incident, officials said, and at the time some were hospitalized in critical condition.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Within the past 24-hours— according to Gaza’s Health Ministry— more than 59 people have been killed by strikes in the area and more than 270 have been injured.
    Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Cybersecurity can potentially be compromised by the same computational capacity that enables the solution of complex issues.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Don’t open unknown email attachments and links, as even legitimate senders can pass on malicious content accidentally or as a result of being compromised or impersonated by a malicious actor.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But the militants, while greatly weakened, have repeatedly regrouped, often after Israeli forces withdraw from areas.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Those at high-risk for listeria infection are newborns, those who are pregnant, have weakened immune systems, and those aged 65 or older.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • His vengeance included turning Michigan State in for NCAA violations, leading to probation that crippled the program until the late 1970s.
    Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • As the city litigated and revised the environmental impact report, two devastating storms in December 2023 and February 2024 — the same series that crippled San Diego’s Ocean Beach Pier — substantially damaged the wharf.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024

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“Flawed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flawed. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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