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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
  • However, the rollout of these changes is marred by application glitches, payment calculation errors, erroneous delinquency notices, and massive backlogs for loan forgiveness programs.
    — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Starship, which underpins Musk’s longer-term goals in space, has faced a rocky development path marred by explosive setbacks, malfunctions and delays — at a cost of $15 billion and running.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of marred
Adjective
  • The last war, which began in 2014, left Yemen facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Even worse, Brooks directed him to contact his agent instead.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of bad
Verb
  • On Monday, an 18-year-old was seriously injured after falling onto an elevated platform.
    — Ubah Ali, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Senior local official Dagnachew Azbite told the BBC that seven people had been found injured, with five of the victims sustaining serious injuries.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 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
  • Africa desperately needs them, crippled by a fundamental lack of traditional national film funding incentives.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Winds cripple aerial firefighting Nearly 500 firefighters and 23 aircraft were deployed, but gale-force winds drove flames through dry forest and crippled the response, preventing some aircraft from reaching the sea to collect water.
    — Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of crippled

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