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faulty

[ fawl-tee ]

adjective

faultier, faultiest.
  1. having faults or defects; imperfect.


faulty

/ ˈɔːɪ /

adjective

  1. defective or imperfect
  2. archaic.
    culpable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڲܱپ, adverb
  • ˈڲܱپԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ڲܱi· adverb
  • ڲܱi·Ա noun
  • ԴDz·ڲܱy adjective
  • ܲ·ڲܱy adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of faulty1

First recorded in 1300–50, faulty is from the Middle English word fauty. See fault, -y 1
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Instead, the department kept using the faulty kits for another six months, testing thousands of samples from an array of criminal cases and investigations.

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"I feel I've got more protection if I buy a faulty pair of shoes costing £50 than if the regulator of this country fails and I lose £50,000".

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Great Britain's Molly Caudery is unable to defend her world indoor title after finishing fourth in a pole vault final that suffered delays due to faulty equipment.

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Coyote finally decides to hire a lawyer to take the Acme Corp. to court for product liability, such as faulty rocket skates and defective aerial bombs.

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His case is one of the most high profile in the scandal in which hundreds of sub-postmasters were wrongfully convicted after faulty software said money was missing from their branch accounts.

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