faultier; faultiest
Examples of faulty in a Sentence
the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring
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The issue could be a faulty blend-door motor, wiring, or control.
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John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
Investigators found that a flight-control system repeatedly forced the nose of the then-new planes downward based on faulty readings from a single sensor, and pilots in both crashes were unable to regain control.
—Rio Yamat, Fortune, 15 May 2026
Released in early January, medical experts decried the schedule as bypassing the government’s typical process for recommending vaccines and argued the effort was built on faulty assumptions.
—Rachel Roubein, Washington Post, 15 May 2026
But not all faulty information online is being spread in bad faith.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
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John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
Investigators found that a flight-control system repeatedly forced the nose of the then-new planes downward based on faulty readings from a single sensor, and pilots in both crashes were unable to regain control.
—Rio Yamat, Fortune, 15 May 2026
Released in early January, medical experts decried the schedule as bypassing the government’s typical process for recommending vaccines and argued the effort was built on faulty assumptions.
—Rachel Roubein, Washington Post, 15 May 2026
But not all faulty information online is being spread in bad faith.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
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“Faulty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faulty. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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