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Synonyms for faulty
ˈfɔl tifault·y
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
faulty
Synonyms:
bad, blemished, corrupt, corrupted, defaced, defective, deficient, deformed, fallible, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, insufficient, marred, meager, perverted, poor, ruined, scant, short, spoiled, worthlessAntonyms:
absolute, accurate, blameless, complete, completed, consummate, correct, entire, faultless, finished, holy, ideal, immaculate, perfect, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled
Princeton's WordNet
defective, faultyadjective
having a defect
"I returned the appliance because it was defective"
faulty, incorrect, wrongadjective
characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
"he submitted a faulty report"; "an incorrect transcription"; the wrong side of the road"
Synonyms:
unseasonable, untimely, defective, awry(p), incorrect, improper, haywire, ill-timed, wrong(p), wrong, amiss(p)
Dictionary of English Synonymes
faultyadjective
faultyadjective
Synonyms:
blamable, culpable, censurable, reprehensible, blameworthy, worthy of censure
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#746 | short | |
#841 | bad | |
#1673 | wrong | |
#1711 | poor | |
#2593 | failed | |
#7081 | incorrect | |
#8060 | incomplete | |
#10242 | insufficient | |
#11273 | defective | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#13530 | improper | |
#15200 | inferior | |
#16930 | faulty | |
#17142 | deficient | |
#17335 | flawed | |
#17868 | corrupted | |
#18218 | ruined | |
#18910 | erroneous | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#21090 | imperfect | |
#21584 | spoiled | |
#28175 | perverted | |
#30944 | deformed | |
#37206 | untimely | |
#37666 | scant | |
#42006 | marred | |
#42060 | meager | |
#53689 | defaced | |
#54372 | malfunctioning | |
#80235 | fallible | |
#84964 | haywire | |
#111694 | blemished | |
#191277 | unseasonable |
How to use faulty in a sentence?
Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.
The current system allows for school administrators to run the show, so it’s guaranteed to deliver faulty results for the accuser and accusee.
Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science, section 191:
The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.
It is terrifying. The vaccines are faulty, the food is faulty... and right now even the security is problematic.
Unless there is a suitable faulty developed in the audience's mind, the speaker will not be understood. So the teacher/speaker should not get irritated when her student/audience takes long time to understand or perceive reality.
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