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faulty

[fawl-tee]

adjective

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



faulty

/ ˈɔːɪ /

adjective

  1. defective or imperfect

  2. archaicculpable

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • faultily adverb
  • faultiness noun
  • nonfaulty adjective
  • unfaulty adjective
  • ˈڲܱپ adverb
  • ˈڲܱپԱ noun
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51Թ 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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Ms Kava said she had to wait until Monday to speak to the manager, who told her "it was a faulty machine".

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Repairs take years to complete, she said, adding a buzzer was broken for a year and a sewage system has been faulty since 2012.

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Documentation from the victims taken by the scammers was used to provide faulty verification for the “large and suspicious wire transfers from victims,” the release said.

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If any inmates were denied parole because of the faulty tests, they could be owed a new hearing before the parole board, said attorneys representing inmates affected by the defective drug tests.

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The cause of the blaze has not been determined, but the company has acknowledged that it may have been sparked by a faulty dormant power line operated by Edison.

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