Synonyms for flaw
flɔflaw

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1. flaw

   Whatever mars the beauty or completeness of an object is a blemish, whether original, as squinting eyes, or the result of accident or disease, etc., as the pits of smallpox. A blemish is superficial; a flaw or taint is in structure or substance. In the moral sense, we speak of a blot or stain upon reputation; a flaw or taint in character. A defect is the want or lack of something; fault, primarily a failing, is something that fails of an apparent intent or disappoints a natural expectation; thus a sudden dislocation or displacement of geological strata is called a fault. Figuratively, a blemish comes from one's own ill-doing; a brand or stigma is inflicted by others; as, the brand of infamy.

   Synonyms:
   blemish, blot, blur, brand, crack, daub, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, fault, imperfection, injury, reproach, smirch, soil, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish

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1. defect, fault, flawnoun

   an imperfection in an object or machine

   "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"

   Synonyms:
   blemish, mar, shift, faulting, mistake, defect, fault, demerit, shortcoming, break, fracture, geological fault, error

2. flawnoun

   defect or weakness in a person's character

   "he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless"

   Synonyms:
   fault, defect

3. flawverb

   an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness

   Synonyms:
   fault, defect

4. flaw, blemishverb

   add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

   Synonyms:
   disfigure, blemish, spot, deface

Matched Categories

1. • Damage
   • Failing

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1. flawnoun

   Synonyms:
   break, crack, breach, cleft, fissure, rift, fracture, rent

2. flawnoun

   Synonyms:
   blemish, spot, speck, fault, defect, imperfection

3. flawnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) gust of wind

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1. flawnoun

   Synonyms:
   defect, fault, blemish, imperfection

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "flaw":

   defect, shortcoming, imperfection, deficiency, fault, mistake, weakness, default, error, irregularity, failure, vice, gap, loophole

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1. Richard Winger:

   There's precedents from just about every state that has a sore loser law that they don't apply to primaries, if I were Donald Trump and I knew I was going to be running outside the major presidential parties, I would not file for the Texas primary and South Dakota, and probably the Ohio one, although there's a flaw in the Ohio law.

2. Szabolcs Marka:

   A physicist is always looking for a flaw in a theory. And the only way to find a flaw is to test it, einstein's theory did not present any flaws to us yet, and that is really scary. Physicists are very (skeptical) of flawless theories because then we have nothing to do.

3. Lori Lightfoot:

   There's a flaw in the system, we need to work together to fix it, but we've got to acknowledge that there's a problem, because it is driving some of the surge in violence.

4. John Henault:

   Openness and transparency in the market should show the structural flaw in the RFS.

5. Bruce Riedel:

   With neither the United States nor Gulf Arab states willing to deploy their ground troops and the Iraqi armed forces in disarray, Iraq has little choice but to turn to the militias, the flaw in the coalition strategy for the last year is weak ground forces. Given the constraints on the U.S. and its Arab allies, the only viable ground force option is Iranian-led Shi'ite Iraqis.