: having a defect or imperfection
a flawed diamond
a flawed plan
Examples of flawed in a Sentence
a flawed paint job that resulted in some peeling almost as soon as the paint had dried
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This means knowing that AI has a purpose and a set of rules, and that it can be biased or flawed.
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Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that approximately 1.6 million migrants without legal status have left the United States during the first 200 days of the Trump administration, a figure immigration experts say could be based on flawed preliminary survey data.
—Billal Rahman
dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Clear the Air in Havering, a local campaign organization, took it to court, arguing its decision relied on flawed air pollution data and overlooked the spikes seen on fire days.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Their calls to abolish those search warrants joined the nationwide movement triggered by the 2020 police shooting of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed in Louisville, Kentucky, during a flawed drug investigation.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
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Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that approximately 1.6 million migrants without legal status have left the United States during the first 200 days of the Trump administration, a figure immigration experts say could be based on flawed preliminary survey data.
—Billal Rahman
dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Clear the Air in Havering, a local campaign organization, took it to court, arguing its decision relied on flawed air pollution data and overlooked the spikes seen on fire days.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Their calls to abolish those search warrants joined the nationwide movement triggered by the 2020 police shooting of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed in Louisville, Kentucky, during a flawed drug investigation.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Flawed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flawed. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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