Synonyms for faulty
ˈfɔl tifault·y

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1. faultyadjective

   Antonyms:
   faultless

2. faultyadjective

   Antonyms:
   faultless

3. faultyadjective

   Antonyms:
   faultless

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1. faulty

   Synonyms:
   bad, blemished, corrupt, corrupted, defaced, defective, deficient, deformed, fallible, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, insufficient, marred, meager, perverted, poor, ruined, scant, short, spoiled, worthless

   Antonyms:
   absolute, accurate, blameless, complete, completed, consummate, correct, entire, faultless, finished, holy, ideal, immaculate, perfect, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled

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1. defective, faultyadjective

   having a defect

   "I returned the appliance because it was defective"

   Synonyms:
   incorrect, defective, wrong, bad

   Antonyms:
   perfect, accurate

2. 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)

   Antonyms:
   perfect, accurate

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1. faultyadjective

   Synonyms:
   bad, defective, imperfect

2. faultyadjective

   Synonyms:
   blamable, culpable, censurable, reprehensible, blameworthy, worthy of censure

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1. faultyadjective

   Synonyms:
   imperfect, defective, blamable, culpable, peccable, erring

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1. List of paraphrases for "faulty":

   defective, flawed, poor, malfunctioning, erroneous, bad, incorrect, wrong, failed

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1. Craig Singleton:

   There is little doubt that Tedros lacks credibility, not only because he allowed Beijing to undermine the investigation into COVID-19’s origins, but also because a number of serious scandals have occurred on his watch. these include reports about sexual assault allegations involving WHO employees in his inner circle, as well as a recent audit which revealed that the WHO spent millions of donor dollars procuring faulty Chinese PPE during the height of the pandemic.

2. Mercedes Carnethon:

   What a nightmare, the strategy of using a mail-in test during a busy time of year for the Postal Service, and when weather delays happen, was a faulty strategy from the start. And there was a large risk of what we saw happen today, which is that many children returned to the classrooms and we don’t know their status.

3. Ganga Sagar Pant:

   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.

4. Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science, section 191:

   The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.

5. Yale University:

   There’s a faulty sense of history.