faultier; faultiest
Examples of faulty in a Sentence
the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring
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Walmart has issued a recall for 850,000 metal water bottles after two customers suffered permanent vision loss from faulty lids forcefully ejecting in their faces, according to a July 10 U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) notice.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 July 2025
The Bureau of Rodent Control has been increasing collaboration with the Bureau of Sanitation to replace faulty garbage carts, which rats can exploit to obtain more food.
—William Tong, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2025
Walmart has recalled approximately 850,000 stainless steel water bottles after reports showed that faulty lids caused injuries to three consumers, two of whom suffered permanent vision loss.
—Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
In the 2011 reboot of Planet of the Apes, the inversion of apes and humans happens not because of nuclear war but because of a faulty pharmaceutical experiment.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 July 2025
The Bureau of Rodent Control has been increasing collaboration with the Bureau of Sanitation to replace faulty garbage carts, which rats can exploit to obtain more food.
—William Tong, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2025
Walmart has recalled approximately 850,000 stainless steel water bottles after reports showed that faulty lids caused injuries to three consumers, two of whom suffered permanent vision loss.
—Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
In the 2011 reboot of Planet of the Apes, the inversion of apes and humans happens not because of nuclear war but because of a faulty pharmaceutical experiment.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
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“Faulty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faulty. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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