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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
Thomas Tuchel – for all his talk of remodelling England – didn’t ultimately deviate from the old flawed system. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 24 July 2026 For Yard Act’s 2022 debut, The Overload, the quartet chiseled flamboyant caricatures of British life and portrayed their flawed country with an abrasive, punishing tone. — Victoria Borlando, Pitchfork, 24 July 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
  • Benjamin Gibson, an attorney representing the state, said the onus was on the plaintiffs to prove the ballot summary was defective.
    — Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • Hundreds of defective bells from 12 European countries have been restored at the Grassmayr bell foundry, according to the company.
    — Philipp Jenne, Fortune, 30 July 2026
Definition of defective
Verb
  • For dry, damaged, or chemically treated hair, most experts recommend using a rinse-out mask once or twice a week.
    — Anya Meyerowitz, Glamour, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Local officials in McCaysville, which sits at the Georgia-Tennessee border, have declared a state of emergency after the downpours flooded the town and damaged the water treatment plant, causing a shortage of drinking water.
    — Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of damaged
Adjective
  • The comparison is imperfect because a computer is a physical asset while a ChatGPT user accesses software through an existing phone or computer.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The system was imperfect, but its capacity to correct itself and rebuild confidence became one of America’s greatest strengths.
    — Keith Krach, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of imperfect
Verb
  • Patrick Mahomes’ season-ending knee injury in Week 15 further marred and muddled it.
    — Vahe Gregorian July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • That’s particularly important this year as the wildfire has curbed tourism following a tough winter marred by drought, Ducharme said.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 31 July 2026
Definition of marred
Adjective
  • The period of military rule has fared worse than previous civilian governments, analysts say, with armed groups increasing their footprint across the country and the Sahel.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • At one point, King and backup center Nick Samac had a bad exchange on a shotgun snap.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Definition of bad
Verb
  • Colin Gray’s sentencing represents the end of a harrowing road that began with the September 2024 shooting in which his son, then 14, fatally shot two students and two teachers and injured nine others at his Winder, Georgia, high school.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • Colin Gray, father of the teen who killed four people and injured nine others in a 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School, is scheduled to be sentenced during a hearing that begins Thursday in a Barrow County courtroom.
    — Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of injured
Verb
  • Nine days earlier, OpenAI disclosed that its own models had broken out of a testing environment and compromised Hugging Face, the platform where much of the open machine learning world stores its models and datasets.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • None of Minnesota's water supply has been reported compromised as a result of the attack, Mike Ernster, a public information officer for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, told CBS News.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of compromised
Verb
  • The new film takes its cue from a once-promising novelist crippled by writer’s block who reconnects with his estranged college roommate, now a wealthy tech entrepreneur, in hopes of finding inspiration for his next book.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 July 2026
  • The tragic twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 laid bare the dire state of the country’s health system, crippled by years of economic crisis, government mismanagement and the migration of medical workers.
    — Alfie Pannell, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Definition of crippled

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