Meaning of faulty in English:
faulty
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adjectiveadjective faultier, adjective faultiest
1Not working or made correctly; having defects.
‘a faulty brake’- ‘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.’
malfunctioning, broken, damaged, defective, not working, not functioning, in disrepair, out of order, out of commission, inoperative, unsound, unusable, uselessView synonyms- 1.1(of reasoning and other mental processes) mistaken or misleading because of flaws.‘faulty logic’
- ‘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.’
defective, flawed, unsound, distorted, inaccurate, incorrect, erroneous, imprecise, fallacious, wrongView synonyms - 1.2Having or displaying weaknesses.
- ‘her character was faulty’
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