faultier; faultiest
Examples of faulty in a Sentence
the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring
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After a faulty cooling system was left to disrepair, rising temperatures resulted in an explosion with the equivalent force of 70-100 tons of TNT.
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Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Other possibilities include faulty wheel speed sensors or a brake pedal switch that’s intermittently failing.
—Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
That Fordham Heights blaze was also spread by oxygen that fed the fire through open, faulty, self-closing doors.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
Regeneron's gene therapy Otarmeni treats a rare disease where a faulty OTOF gene limits production of a protein that transmits sound signals in the ear.
—Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
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Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Other possibilities include faulty wheel speed sensors or a brake pedal switch that’s intermittently failing.
—Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
That Fordham Heights blaze was also spread by oxygen that fed the fire through open, faulty, self-closing doors.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
Regeneron's gene therapy Otarmeni treats a rare disease where a faulty OTOF gene limits production of a protein that transmits sound signals in the ear.
—Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for faulty
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“Faulty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faulty. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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