adjectivefaultier, faultiest

• 1Not working or made correctly; having defects.

  ‘a faulty brake’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The most common defects were bare tyres, faulty brakes, steering and suspension, plus broken headlights and brake lights.’
  • ‘That accident, which again involved a truck with faulty brakes, left three people injured and damaged 10 parked vehicles.’
  • ‘Of the 12 vehicles with serious defects two of the faulty school buses were repaired and re-tested on site before being cleared.’
  • ‘No re-test fee will apply for minor defects such as faulty light bulbs.’
  • ‘It is the driver who determines the speed of the vehicle when the road is bad, visibility is poor, the surface is wet or when brakes are faulty.’
  • ‘It will target cyclists who flout road regulations by, for example, riding without lights or having faulty brakes.’
  • ‘Other defects included faulty steering mechanisms and suspensions, rusty chassis and doors and seatbelts which did not work.’
  • ‘This can help spot design defects and prevent faulty products from reaching the market.’
  • ‘It was a junky old station wagon with a faulty exhaust system and brakes.’
  • ‘The act regulates the right to a legal defence and obtaining compensation for damages caused by faulty products.’
  • ‘Most of the broken and faulty lights in the village have now been put right.’
  • ‘Common causes of warping include faulty installation or defective manufacture of the siding.’
  • ‘Should software makers be made more accountable for damage caused by faulty programs?’
  • ‘A faulty device whose damage was not apparent to the user caused the overinfusion.’
  • ‘The agency workers will look for defects such as sub-standard tyres, faulty lights and exhausts.’
  • ‘Initial reports suggest that faulty electrical wiring may have caused the fire.’
  • ‘You investigate and find that faulty wiring is to blame.’
  • ‘Perhaps you're using poor technique, faulty equipment or simply doing too much.’
  • ‘Errors include transposed numbers, faulty equipment, mutilated punch cards and computer glitches.’
  • ‘One was apparently faulty and the other did not have a battery.’

  Synonyms

  malfunctioning, broken, damaged, defective, not working, not functioning, in disrepair, out of order, out of commission, inoperative, unsound, unusable, useless

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  1. 1.1(of reasoning and other mental processes) mistaken or misleading because of flaws.
     ‘faulty logic’
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     • ‘We were alerted this week to the fact that we hold incorrect opinions and deploy faulty logic.’
     • ‘Yet another reason for faulty divinations simply lies with the diviner making mistakes of interpretation.’
     • ‘The reason for applying faulty knowledge is simple.’
     • ‘Twice a point of order has been raised, because the reasoning and logic were faulty, and I have demonstrated that.’
     • ‘Their driving assumptions were often drawn from flawed information or based on faulty logic.’
     • ‘These claims are mostly bad math, faulty logic and deception.’
     • ‘I am apologetic here, as I do not understand your faulty logic in the aforementioned statement.’
     • ‘When finally she spoke, the logic sounded faulty even to her.’
     • ‘What should be done when your memory is faulty?’
     • ‘What becomes of us if that memory is faulty?’
     • ‘But, the answer to insufficient reporting and to faulty intelligence is more reporting.’
     • ‘Their driving assumptions were often drawn from flawed information or based on faulty logic.’
     • ‘As illustrated in this article, too many faulty assumptions underlie their development and use.’
     • ‘Some researchers would suggest that teachers' faulty assumptions are a result of deficit thinking.’
     • ‘Unfortunately, the consensus is based on faulty assumptions and thus wrong solutions.’
     • ‘He also identifies irrational beliefs and faulty reasoning that may lead to poor marriage decisions.’
     • ‘His head, with faulty reasoning, told him that he had to stay away.’
     • ‘I think this is faulty reasoning - relying on a single biological attribute rather than a range.’
     • ‘Jenna calls him on this but her reasons are a little faulty.’
     • ‘He argues that defects of memory or faulty perception may apply.’
     Synonyms

     defective, flawed, unsound, distorted, inaccurate, incorrect, erroneous, imprecise, fallacious, wrong

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  2. 1.2Having or displaying weaknesses.
     More example sentences

     • ‘her character was faulty’