Antonyms 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. • Damage
   • Failing

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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

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1. flawnoun

   Synonyms:
   defect, fault, blemish, imperfection

How to use flaw in a sentence?

1. Meena Singh Roy:

   A major flaw in India’s current policy toward Iran has been the lack of implementation of signed agreements.

2. 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.

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. Roche Chief Executive Severin Schwan:

   It's stupid from a cost point of view not to look at the overall cost of healthcare, this is really sad for patients and I have no understanding for this decision whatsoever ... there is a fundamental flaw in how the UK operates when it comes to pricing for medicine.

5. Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus:

   Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

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