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adjective

ˈflȯd How to pronounce flawed (audio)
Definition of flawednext
as in defective
having a fault a flawed paint job that resulted in some peeling almost as soon as the paint had dried

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flawed

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verb

past tense of flaw
as in damaged
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of that crack has flawed the vase to the extent that its value in the antiques market is greatly reduced

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Recent Examples of flawed
Adjective
The leaders, for the most part, are flawed but have good intentions. — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026 Quotas remained high, based on flawed and wildly optimistic population estimates. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
Verb
His lawsuit, filed May 27, alleges his June 1991 death sentence was flawed from the start after nine Black people were kept from serving on the jury. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 3 June 2026 Black women get to be flawed in this world. — Candice Frederick, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for flawed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flawed
  1. defective
  2. damaged
  3. imperfect
  4. marred
  5. bad
  6. injured
  7. compromised
  8. crippled
Adjective
  • In that case, an election official copies a voter's selections from a defective ballot onto a new ballot that can be scanned in the voting machine.
    — Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 2026
  • Avila's family sued Tesla last week, alleging her death resulted from the company's gross negligence and failure to warn consumers that its self-driving systems were defective.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of defective
Verb
  • Residential buildings were badly damaged in the assault, leaving people trapped in multi-story apartment blocks and an entire family that was killed pulled from the rubble, while cars were seen burning on city streets.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • As a bonus, those seasons are ideal for planting a replacement shrub or re-establishing a lawn if it is damaged during the shrub removal.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
Definition of damaged
Adjective
  • The Soviet experience, on top of the rise of fascism, reminded my generation rather forcibly that man was, indeed, imperfect, and that the corruptions of power could unleash great evil in the world.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • Leaders must show up consistently across various platforms, offering honest, even imperfect, insights rather than waiting for perfect messaging.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of imperfect
Verb
  • In an address from the White House tonight, the president sought to reveal proof for his baseless assertions of a 2020 vote marred by fraud.
    — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • Cars have destroyed one-third of the roughly 70 planters the city installed back in 2020 and marred the survivors with chips, scratches and dents.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
Definition of marred
Adjective
  • Shouldn’t Tamra take that as a sign to repair her relationships with the women rather than alienate the one person who is willing to look past her bad behavior?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • That statistic shows that hotels did worse with the World Cup than without it initially.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Definition of bad
Verb
  • More than 300 people have been injured and 35 others killed in recent US strikes against Iran, the country’s Health Ministry said Wednesday.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • The team said that forward Mouhamed Gueye injured his left foot in an offseason workout last Wednesday.
    — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of injured
Verb
  • Crews were able to reach the warehouse’s roof during their initial response but were forced to retreat when an ammonia line was compromised and a large stream of the chemical shot out, Los Angeles Fire Chief Jaime Moore told reporters.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • But to play two knockout matches without conceding even a sniff of a chance is hugely impressive — especially considering Deschamps hasn’t compromised on his unusually daring approach of using four proper attackers.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of compromised
Verb
  • Russia has been doing this since the start of the war, terrorizing Ukrainian cities with aerial assaults that have killed thousands of civilians and crippled much of the country’s energy grid for months on end.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
  • Data loss via staff cuts Widespread staff cuts starting in early 2025 across the Department of Health and Human Services, which houses the CDC, crippled much of the agency’s data collection and dissemination.
    — John Kubale, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
Definition of crippled

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